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Sage Gateshead

Gateshead, UK
Nigel Young/Foster + Partners

An international music center, deeply rooted in the north of England, this iconic venue is home to Royal Northern Sinfonia, two world-class auditoriums, and a music education center where music-making and learning activities take place year-round.

2,000,000+
visitors each year
400+
concerts hosted annually
10,000+
music classes and workshops held every year

Hall One, the 1,650-seat shoebox concert hall, has a moving ceiling in five sections and acoustic curtains which fold away into invisible slots, allowing it to present a huge range of events. Hall Two, a much more intimate space, can be configured as an in-the-round space for chamber music, or in endstage format for jazz and folk concerts. Both spaces aim to nurture talent and complement the center’s music education and outreach programs.

Nigel Young/Foster + Partners
owner:
Gateshead Council
architect:
Foster + Partners
acoustician:
Arup Acoustics
users:
Northern Sinfonia, touring performances
spaces:
  • 1,650-seat concert hall
  • 400-seat flexible theatre
construction type:
New construction
theatre type:
Auditorium design/seating, Concept design, Music venues, Program development
services:
Programming, concept design, theatre planning, and theatre equipment design and specification
completion:
2005
Nigel Young/Foster + Partners
Richard Bryant/Arcaid
Nigel Young/Foster + Partners
Sally Ann Norman
Nigel Young/Foster + Partners
Sally Ann Norman
Nigel Young/Foster + Partners
Sally Ann Norman

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