| Architect |
Panter &
Hudspith |
| Date
Built |
Completred
2005 |
| Location |
Millennium
Square |
| Description |
|
This collection of buildings, located
adjacent to Millennium Square and Leeds
Civic Hall, is described by the architects
respoonsible for its transformation as a, "Dynamic
mixrd-use scheme in the heart of
Leeds." The project
turned a collection of disused and
essentially deralict warehouses into a venue
that includes a number of restaurants ,
city-centre. workspace and The Carriageworks
Theatre.  The Carriage Works is home to two performance spaces. The main auditorium is a proscenium arch theatre with a capacity of 349, and caters for larger-scale productions. The Studio is an intimate and flexible studio space with a maximum capacity of 77, accommodating intimate dramas, puppetry, and everything in between. The Electric Press Building is a Grade II listed building dating from c1900 that started life as a printing works for the firm of Chorley and Pickersgill.     |
|
Electric
Press & Carriage Works, Leeds |
