The Soundhouse Gell Street Sheffield

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The Soundhouse is the latest in a series of University developments in the Portobello area of Sheffield Formerly occupied by Victoria Works and the University of Sheffield´s Portering Services the building is situated on the eastern side of Gell Street, close to the junction with Leavy Greave Road

 

It will cover a total of 450 square metres over three floors and will provide practice studios, rehearsal spaces and recording rooms for the University´s Department of Music, The building, which has been designed by architects <a href="http://www.careyjones.com/content/pages/">www.careyjones.com/content/pages/</a>, will look like a black quilted cube or `music box´ and is a bold and simple design that aims to reflect the existing inventiveness in the Portobello area. It will be clad in sound insulating black rubber to prevent noise entering or escaping the building, much like the inside of a recording studio.

 

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What do you think?

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It's finished now.

Carey Jones only did the preliminary design and feasibility. The construction work and further detailed design was undertaken by Sheffield architects Jefferson Sheard.