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RLSD Architectural Impact Across the UK<br />
The Curve – Leicester Performing Arts Centre<br />
Location:<br />
Rutland Street, Leicester,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Status: Complete<br />
Completion Date: 2008<br />
Floor Area:<br />
2,600 square metres<br />
Architect:<br />
Rafael Vinoly Architects<br />
Steel Contractor:<br />
William Hare<br />
RLSD Profile: Ribdeck 80<br />
Based in the<br />
redeveloped Cultural<br />
quarter in Leicester<br />
City Centre, the Curve<br />
theatre opened in<br />
Autumn 2008, and<br />
is one of the main<br />
flagship projects in the<br />
regeneration of the city.<br />
This ambitious and<br />
innovative design has<br />
complete architectural<br />
transparency, with the weight of the structure suspended from the roof of the building.<br />
The long spanning capacity of Ribdeck 80 allowed the number of steel members in the<br />
structure to be kept to a minimum, emphasising the light and airy form of the structure.<br />
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