Australian architecture studio Hassell has renovated a theatre in a former wool warehouse on Sydney Harbour to modernise its facilities while emphasising the 100-year-old building's history.
Expanded performance spaces, a new back-of-house corridor and improved accessibility are among Hassell's additions to the Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf building, which is part of a complex of timber "finger wharves" in Walsh Bay on Sydney Harbour.
Hassell renovated the historic Wharf building for the Sydney Theatre Company
Formerly used for wool storage, Wharf 4/5 was given over to the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) in the 1980s, and although much loved by both theatre-makers and the public, the building was in need of modernisation.