Following an open tender, we have commenced work to design and lead the consultant team to deliver a transformational Capital Works Programme for the Britten Pears Arts cultural charity. Based in Suffolk at the Snape Maltings site, with further sites in Aldeburgh, the programme aims to deliver improved accessibility to their extensive collection of buildings, ensure financial resilience and sustainability as well as help move towards a net zero carbon operation.

Highlights of the capital programme include:

The modernisation of the Britten Pears Building, first converted by ARUP in 1979, to enable increased levels of community use and the expansion of the community and creative health programmes.

A series of upgrades to Snape Maltings Concert Hall, the first significant works since 1999, to improve access, audience comfort and programming flexibility.

Britten Pears Arts will significantly lower carbon emissions by installing roof insulation, photovoltaic panels, and by connecting the music buildings to a renewable heating system.

The Snape Maltings flood defences will be raised to protect the site against a 1:200 year event.

Wider site landscape improvements to outdoor public spaces and access routes and parking areas.

A new visitor exhibition at the Red House and a Discovery Centre at Snape Maltings, to tell the rich stories about the two sites.

Improvements to existing artist accommodation at Snape Maltings and in Aldeburgh.