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The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is one of the UK’s leading drama, theatre and performance schools, attracting students from around the world. The new building provides nine floors of teaching, rehearsal and performance space, including four new studios and a courtyard theatre.

 
 

The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

Completion: 2019
Location: London

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is one of the UK’s leading drama schools, attracting students from around the world. The new building provides nine floors of teaching, rehearsal and performance space, including four new studios and a courtyard theatre.


the challenge was to get as much cubic capacity onto this site as possible... Tim Ronalds, has done this with great ingenuity – digging two storeys into the ground and rising a total of nine storeys, but blending harmoniously with the adjacent conservation area.
— Professor Gavin Henderson CBE, Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
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Awards

RIBA London Award for Architecture - Shortlisted


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