Location:
- Liverpool
Scope:
- RIBA Stage 1-6
Service:
- Lead Designer
- Principal Designer
- Project Lead
Value:
- £15m
Client
Liverpool Media Academy (LMA)
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A pioneering first for re-purposing how a shopping centre can function as a teaching space, fusing learning and education with leisure and retail.
![Liverpool Media Academy](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1000,h_668/https://www.k2architects.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LMA-06-1000x668.jpg)
The transformation of 18 former retail units at the Metquarter Shopping Centre into 51,000 sq ft of studios and teaching space, including state-of-the-art film, dance and recording studios, music rehearsal rooms, and classrooms. The first of its type in the UK to inhabit a shopping centre – our approach has enlivened and re-activated vacant retail units into a series of dynamic, flexible, and creative learning spaces where students can express themselves.
Liverpool Media Academy is a music and performing arts institution co-owned by global superstar Robbie Williams.
Co-Founders of LMA
![Liverpool Media Academy](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1000,h_668/https://www.k2architects.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LMA-05-1000x668.jpg)
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