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The Richard Cairns Building, Brighton College

The Richard Cairns Building, Brighton College

An iconic Performing Arts Centre where landscape and architecture collaborate


Location Brighton, UK

Landscape spaces on three levels frame the iconic new theatre building and dovetail with its historic setting on the campus of the pioneering ‘UK School of the Decade’.  Waves of naturalistic planting are set within a mosaic of handset stone paving and multi-stemmed ‘future trees’ chosen for a changing climate.

Client Brighton College
Architect krft (with Nicholas Hare Architects)
Planning Authority Brighton & Hove City Council
Status Completed - 2024