We are delighted to announce that The Fire Station, Sunderland has won both:
RIBA North East Award and RIBA North East Client of the Year Award

Congratulations to the team for the RIBA Award for the Fire Station in Sunderland. Thank you especially to our client Paul Callaghan from the Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture Trust. It was his vision to regenerate the Edwardian heart of the city with a much needed Music & Performing Arts Venue.

“Sitting at the centre of Sunderland’s masterplan for the Music, Arts and Culture Quarter, the Fire Station Auditorium provides a fantastic flexible events venue for all music genres as well as dance and theatre. It is scaled to meet Sunderland Music, Arts & Culture (MAC) Trust’s challenging brief to accommodate audiences of 500 people seated to 800 standing.

The auditorium sits comfortably next to the Edwardian fire station, with the use of red brick and terracotta sympathetic to the surrounding heritage buildings. The MAC Trust, together with the architects’ design expertise, have been successful in creating a new arts destination with a compelling social focus at the heart of the city.” - Jury citation featured in RIBA Journal


Project Team:
Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture Trust
Idibri, a Salas O'Brien Company
WSP
Artis
Brims Construction Limited
Howarth Litchfield
JC Consulting