Royal Academy of Arts - Auditoria spaces at 6 Burlington Gardens
Royal Academy of Arts - Auditoria spaces at 6 Burlington Gardens
We were the lead structural engineers for the RA250 Masterplan project, which involved David Chipperfield Architects’ scheme to unite the Royal Academy’s two buildings on Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens, and to refurbish 6 Burlington Gardens. Completed in 2018 to coincide with the RA’s 250th anniversary, the scheme set out firstly to link the two buildings together as a single complex.
Within 6 Burlington Gardens, a lecture theatre was reintroduced (the original 1860s’ lecture theatre was removed in 1919), two new extensions were added to the rear, additional accommodation and plant space was provided, and much needed improvements were made to the circulation between floors.
The £36m project involved £12.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and won an RIBA National Award, a RIBA London Conservation Award, and an AJ Retrofit Award in 2019.
Client: Royal Academy
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects