Leeds College of Music

Allen Tod Architecture’s design for Leeds College of Music produces a highly distinctive and iconic building on a site currently occupied by a car park for just 12 cars.

The building will house expanded teaching facilities for the college on the lower floors and much needed student accommodation on the upper floors.

A dark masonry base with strong angular forms roots the building firmly to the ground. Above this, the building is clad in a vivid mosaic of glass cladding panels.
This orchestration of colour is seen as a giant piece of public art and can be composed by the commissioning of a piece of music.

Despite the ambition of the proposal, the costs have been kept to a reasonable level by applying standardised products in an innovative way. This lateral thinking has won the College a significant space to expand within a limited footprint.

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