Platform, Islington

van Heyningen and Haward has completed their new performing arts centre for young people in Islington. Platform features a multi-purpose and flexible space for performance, a media centre and recording studios, dance studios and rehearsal space as well as a café and other social spaces. The building is designed to make a real difference to the lives and prospects of young people in the area, raising their ambitions and aspirations, and open up new and exciting opportunities to young people.

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Completion Date: July 2011
Contract Value: £2.4m
Client: Islington Council