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View up Garners Hill Steps
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Nigh view from Weekday Cross
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The performance space
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The view from the south
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Detail of the lace patterned facade
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Installation view, David Hockney
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Ground Floor plan
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Section
Nottingham Contemporary
Caruso St John Architects. Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Name of work in English
Nottingham Contemporary
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Name of work in original language
Nottingham Contemporary
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Studio
Caruso St John Architects
EUmies Awards 2011 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Project management: Mouchel, Jackson Coles; Structural engineering: Arup, Elliot Wood (external works); Mechanical: Arup; Fire consulting: Arup; Quantity surveyor: Jackson Coles; Lighting: Arup; Accessibility: David Bonnet Associates; Acoustical: Tim Lewers; Art: Matthew Brannon, Pablo Bronstein, Nathan Coley, Mark Gubb; Graphic design: Sarah De Bondt; Building advising: Jackson Coles; Collaborator (external): John Angus, University of Derby, Textile Studios (Lace surface development)
Program
Culture
Completion
2009
The artistic ambition of this project encompasses objectbased visual art and timebased performance art, having its origins in the artistrun spaces of downtown New York and the work of artists engaged with urban spaces in the late 1960s. The site for the new building is in a part of central Nottingham called the Lace Market, whose history and built form has parallels with the castiron district of New York, giving the centre a loose cultural connection to its site. The design departed from the idea of offering a wide range of interiors inside a new building that have would the variety and specificity of the 'found' spaces of a factory or warehouse. These spaces challenge both the production and the installation of contemporary art, and offer new ways for performers and audiences to interact. The exterior of the centre takes its inspiration from the amazing 19thcentury buildings of Nottingham, and in particular, from the impressive facades of the Lace Market.