The custom music studio, known as Mark Hillery Music Studios, features soundproof practice rooms, a drum and vocal booth, recording studios and a control room, together with an oak floor and a suspended ceiling of acoustic clouds. We designed the new state-of-the-art facility alongside our client, Durham University, who can now accommodate the needs of their creative art students who are able to produce music in a professional studio.

The single storey building has been constructed on an existing car park at the College, adjacent to a major student circulation route to and from the campus. We adopted a sustainable approach to the design of the building, including photo-voltaic panels.

The Mark Hillery Studios is one of many projects that we have worked on with Collingwood College, including delivering a multi-use games area and new student common room. Further across Durham University, we were also architects on the conservation of the Grade II* listed Bishop Cosin’s Library, located in the Durham World Heritage Site, as well as works across Palace Green Library and Durham Castle.