Global InformationThe Dunard Centre information
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| Full name | The Dunard Centre |
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| Former names | IMPACT Centre |
| Address | 36 St Andrew Square Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Public transit | St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh Trams |
| Construction | |
| Architect | David Chipperfield Architects |
| Services engineer | Nagata Acoustics |
| Website | |
| https://dunardcentre.co.uk | |
The Dunard Centre (officially the Dunard Centre supported by the Royal Bank of Scotland and previously known as the IMPACT Centre) is a planned concert hall to be located in the city centre of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.[1] The proposed venue is currently being designed by David Chipperfield Architects, with a variation to the existing planning application scheduled for 2021. The Dunard Centre is being designed to be a world-class venue with the very best in modern acoustics and will be a venue for all kinds of music and performance: from orchestral to jazz and from pop to folk, welcoming chamber groups, soloists, bands, choirs, comedians and dance ensembles. It will be an informal cultural hub with education and community outreach central to its vision.
The Dunard Centre will be the home of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and serve as a principal venue for the Edinburgh International Festival.
The Dunard Centre is expected to cost at least £75 million,[2] of which £25 million will be contributed by the local and national governments as one of the investments facilitated by the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal, £35 million from Carol Grigor, an American arts benefactor, through the Dunard Fund, and a further £15 million being raised through a fundraising campaign. The fund also agreed to underwrite any cost overruns or capital deficits in the Dunard Centre's first three years of operation.[3]
- ^ Brian Ferguson, "Edinburgh Festival chief hails ‘transformational’ new concert hall", The Scotsman, 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Ferguson, Brian (20 August 2020). "First new concert hall in Edinburgh for a century scaled back after legal wrangle". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "APPROVAL FOR EDINBURGH'S DUNARD CENTRE | Impact Scotland". impactscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2019.