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 UNICORN THEATRE
 
Designing and Building The New Unicorn Theatre

Unicorn is located on Tooley Street, close to the GLA building and Tower Bridge. Unicorn is part of the More London development, which is part of the Foster & Partners masterplan for the area. Unicorn is designed by Keith Williams Architects, engineered by Arup and Mansell construction services is lead contactor. Local school children also played a unique role in a three-year consultation process about the new theatre.  Find out more via the links below:

More London: The vibrant new central business district for London on the South Bank, home to City Hall and The Unicorn
Keith Williams Architects: The design, approach and architectural overview of this award winning building.
Mansell Plc: Leading the construction of the Unicorn.
Arup: Managing Unicorn’s complex cantilever structural engineering as well as the services and acoustics for the theatre.
Unicorn Young Consultants: This section overviews how Unicorn differs from 'adult theatres' and describes how 30 pupils from Tower Bridge Primary school helped in its creation and design.

Other companies involved in the creation of the new Unicorn Theatre include:

Theatre Projects Consultants - Theatre Consultants (www.tpcworld.com)
Charcoalblue - Theatre Consultants (www.charcoalblue.com)
Bucknall Austin - Quantity Surveyors (www.citex.com)
Arup Associates - Structural, Service and Mechanical Engineers (www.arup.com)
Arup Acoustics - Acousticians (www.arup.com/acoustics)
Buro Happold - Access Consultants (www.burohappold.com)
 
 
 

 

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