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Hackney Picturehouse

Fletcher Priest’s new cinema has opened to the public, the latest addition to the City Screen’s PictureHouse group of cinemas.

The former Ocean building has been transformed into a 4000 square metre venue with four cinema screens, a café, upper level bars and facilities for community based organisations. The state-of the-art auditoria are equipped with576 luxury seats and the best digital, 3D and satellite technology. Films will be screened seven days a week, 364 days a year, from around midday until late. Newly created lettable offices provide affordable work spaces for local start-up companies.

The design objective was to reuse and rethink as many of the existing spaces and materials as possible. This included removing side balconies and slabs to create larger and new space in Screens 1 and 2 respectively, while Screens 3 and 4 were inserted into existing studio spaces. Acoustic panels in the cinemas and bar areas have been refurbished throughout and furniture and materials been recovered and reused where possible.

Fresh and simple graphics in a limited colour and material palette create a new identity to the building . The graphic design has been utilised throughout from the large scale PICTURE HOUSE letters playfully announcing the venue along Mare Street to the small scale statutory signage and seat numbers all in an identical font.

press:
Emerald Street - The Hackney Picturehouse Bar & Kitchen August 2012; ArchiTravel - Hackney Picturehouse March 2012; Detail - Hackney Picturehouse, London Refurbishment by Fletcher Priest February 2012; Blueprint - Hackney Picturehouse December 2011; Timeout Blog - Hackney Picturehouse virtual tour November 2011; inDesign - Reel Design - Hackney Picturehouse transformation November 2011; Reclamation Administration - Hackney Picturehouse November 2011; Wall Street Journal - Hackney Picturehouse by Fletcher Priest, London November 2011; World Architecture News - Latest arm of Picturehouse chain now completed by Fletcher Priest Architects November 2011; Hackney Citizen - Pretty as a picture The Hackney Picturehouse opens November 2011; more » Screen Daily - The Tate Modern of cinemas? November 2011; WIDN - new Picturehouse designed by Fletcher Priest has opened in Hackney November 2011; Earchitect - Fletcher Priest Architects Hackney Picturehouse opens to the public November 2011; Thrill List - Hackney Picturehouse November 2011; BDonline - Fletcher Priest completes Hackney cinema November 2011; Ozseeker - Hackney Picturehouse October 2011; Hackney Today - Cinema Opens October 2011; New Empress Magazine - Picturehouse launches at the heart of Hackney October 2011; Timeout Blog - Hackney Picturehouse opens October 2011; Framescourer - Hackney Picturehouse October 2011; Dalston People - The brand new Hackney Picturehouse Cinema opens today October 2011; Hackney Gazette - Actor Michael Fassbender makes a cameo appearance as Hackney Picturehouse opens October 2011; The Times - The riot act: cultural experiment aims to rejuvenate urban life October 2011; Screen Daily - Famous local resident turns up to celebrate opening of Hackney Picturehouse October 2011; Hackney Citizen - Hackney Picturehouse opens to the public October 2011; Zimbio - Michael Fassbender visits the Hackney Picturehouse October 2011; Hackney Gazette - First Look inside the new Hackney Picturehouse October 2011; Loving Dalston - Inside the Hackney Picturehouse October 2011; Film London - New cinema for London as the Hackney Picturehouse opens October 2011; London 24 - Hackney Picturehouse opening in old Ocean music venue October 2011; East London Lines - Picturehouse cinema opens in Hackney October 2011; Timeout - Hackney Picturehouse August 2011; BD Online Hackney Cinema Given Green Light March 2011;

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