Hackney Picturehouse by Fletcher Priest, London

Designed by architecture practice Fletcher Priest
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Nothing says 'regeneration' like a swish new cultural destination. For the up-and-coming London borough of Hackney, this comes in the shape of an ambitious cinema complex. Designed by architecture practice Fletcher Priest, the Hackney Picturehouse has just opened its doors.

The architects have transformed what was once a music venue called Ocean into a state-of-the-art 4,000 sq m venue with four cinema screens. The building also features a café, upper level bars - with sustainable Norwegian wood floors by Kebony - and facilities for community-based organisations. Technical specifications include luxury seating and the best digital, 3D and satellite technology.

Hackney Picturehouse is the latest in a slew of cinematic projects for the architects, including a bespoke auditorium for Nomura at One Angel Lane, as well as the RIBA-award winning Tyneside Cinema.

Hackney music venue Ocean into a state-of-the-art

The architects have converted former Hackney music venue Ocean into a state-of-the-art 4,000 sq m venue with four cinema screens

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bars and facilities for community-based organisations

The building also features a café, bars and facilities for community-based organisations

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bar counter

One of the upper level bars

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luxury seating and the best digital

Technical specifications include luxury seating and the best digital, 3D and satellite technology

(Image credit: press)

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Ellie Stathaki

Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).

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