Arup
Selected Projects
Opera Houses
Coliseum, London, United Kingdom
Client: English National Opera
Architect: RHWL Partnership
Funding Body: Arts Council National Lottery
Award: Westminster Society Award for Refurbishment 2005
Award: Civic Trust Award 2006
Capital Cost: £26 000 000
Completed 2004
Structural, mechanical, electrical and public health engineering design plus acoustic
consultancy for the redevelopment of an existing Grade II listed theatre for the English
National Opera
Grant Smith/VIEW
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Client & Main Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
Promoter: Wales Millennium Centre Ltd
Architect: Percy Thomas Partnership
Funding Bodies: Millennium Commission & Arts Council National Lottery
Award: RIBA Awards Wales - 2005
Award: MIPIM Awards Hotels and Tourism Resorts - Winner 2005
Award: RICS Regeneration Award - Commended - 2005
Capital Cost: £77 500 000
Completed 2004
Structural, mechanical, electrical and public health engineering as well as planning
supervision, infrastructure, geotechnics, transportation and acoustics consultancy for a
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new build, 33 000m arts and cultural centre which includes an 1852-seat lyric theatre
and accommodation for seven cultural organisations including Welsh National Opera,
Urdd Gobaith Cymru and Diversions Dance Co plus retail facilities
Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Client: A.P.Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation
Architect: Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S
Award: United States Institute of Theater Technology Merit Award - 2005
Capital Cost: £79 000 000
Completed 2004
Full acoustic consultancy services, including the testing of a 1 to 25 scale acoustic
model of the main auditorium, for a new opera house on a central harbour side
location in Copenhagen. The building will become the principal opera performance
venue for the Det Kongelige Teater. The 1450-seat main auditorium and the small
studio stage will also present some ballet productions. The theatre will have a full
wagon system for scenery movement and the building includes an orchestral
rehearsal room and the usual opera and ballet rehearsal spaces
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Grange Park Opera, Northington, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Client: Grange Park Opera
Architect: Studio E Architect Ltd
Award: RIBA Regional Award - South 2004
Capital Cost: £1 000 000
Completed 2002
Structural engineering design for the redevelopment of a Grade I listed national
monument into an opera house
Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom
Client: ROH Developments Ltd
Architect: Dixon Jones BDP
Funding Body: Arts Council National Lottery
Capital Cost: £213 000 000
Completed 1999
Graham Young Structural, mechanical, electrical, public health, fire safety, acoustic design, lighting
design and transport planning for the development of the Grade I listed, 36 380m²
opera house. The project included the renovation of the 2270-seat main auditoria and
the Floral Hall, reconstruction of the fly tower and stage area plus construction of a
400 seat second auditorium, shops and restaurants
Santa Fe Opera House, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Client: Santa Fe Opera House
Architect: James Stewart Polshek & Partners
Capital Cost: $8 897 190
Completed 1999
Engineering support for the renovation and expansion of a structure built in 1967 that
Robert Reck Photography was in need of more space and better protection from the weather. To resolve these
shortcomings, a glazed clerestory connects the stage roof, which was rebuilt, to the
extended mezzanine roof, so that all seating is sheltered. The sides of the theater
remain open to preserve the theater's direct connection to its rugged site. Complying
with ADA requirements, the project included wheelchair ramps, elevators, and infrared
systems for the hearing impaired and blind. Seating capacity increased by 279 to a
total of 2168
Glyndebourne Opera House, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Client: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
Architect: Michael Hopkins and Partners
Capital Cost: £33 000 000
Completed 1994
Structural, mechanical, electrical and acoustic design for the 1200-seat award winning
new opera house which includes a separate rehearsal stage
Sydney Opera House, NSW, Australia
Client: New South Wales Government
Architects: Jørn Utzon (Stages 1, 2); Hall Todd & Littlemore (Stage 3)
Completed 1973
Project coordination, civil and structural engineering and traffic studies for 90 000m2
cultural centre incorporating The Podium (housing auditoria, rehearsal rooms, offices,
storage and plantrooms), Concert Hall (audience capacity 2700), Opera Theatre
(audience capacity 1500) and Restaurant. The seating capacity of the building
exceeds 6200 people
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