Watford Music Centre

Watford, Hertfordshire

This joint venture by Watford Grammar School for Boys and Hertfordshire County Council provides new music facilities for the school and the county, and a public music centre for the region.

With a recital hall and 24 music teaching spaces, the building at full capacity holds 400 people making or listening to music. Clad in clear and translucent glass it sits between trees in front of the listed Grammar School building.

The project is funded by housing development on surplus land, designed by Tim Ronalds Architects.

RIBA Award for Architecture
Open Award, Hertfordshire Association of Architects