DCH at night - HCD photo |
DCH by day - Photo by the webmaster |
Interior photo by Keith Collie courtesy
of Hawkins Brown & The Guardian |
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| The Dalston Culture House |
The
Dalston Culture House stands on the western flank
of the new Gillett
Square. It was formally launched on Tuesday
15 March 2005. See
details of launch .
This stunning four storey
cultural centre and arts workspace was designed
by Hawkins\Brown and includes many cutting edge features. The Dalston Culture House has figured prominently in many press articles as an exemplary catalyst for inner city regeneration and was short-listed for the Hackney Design awards in 2006. See
Guardian review of 4 April 2005.
All its spaces are
very versatile. The ground floor houses a
café,
a gallery/exhibition space, and shop.
The first floor
has the main performance space, which is also
be available to community groups and voluntary sector
organisations. The first occupant
is the world famous Vortex
Jazz Club which opened on 19 May 2005. On 28
November 2005 there was a major fundraising event,
sponsored by Vortex patron Charlie Watts at the 606
Jazz Club, featuring Kenny Wheeler and others,
which raised approximately £12K. Click
here for details.
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Dalston the new
Covent Garden of the East End!! |
The top two floors are studio space
- now occupied by the well established
therapeutic arts group The
Studio Upstairs.
The venture has been driven forward by the Dalston
Culture House Steering Group, which comprises HCD,
the New
Vortex Jazz Club, the Vortex
Jazz Foundation (Patron Charlie Watts) and The
Studio Upstairs. It has has the support of many
local individuals and arts organisations.
The Dalston Culture House is already
giving an exciting boost to the renaissance
of Dalston, it also, together with other Hackney
arts venues, is helping to build a strong arts presence
in East London on a par with the attractions of the West
End and Central London.
Funders included Hackney
Strategic Partnership, the Greater
London Authority and Groundwork
East London, the Government
Office for London, the Office of the Deputy Prime
Minister (now the Dept
for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)), the Triodos
Bank and developers MacDonald
Egan.
HCD is currently completing an extension to the Culture House that will accommodate the Gillett Square management group and other arts groups.
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