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3D set to be a
CABE backs Battersea proposals
Masterplan for £5.5bn redevelopment receives advisory body's support
magic number?
By Pete Hayman
Digital revolution points to a
Rafael Viñoly's masterplan for the £5.5bn
rosy future for UK cinemas
redevelopment of London's Battersea
Power Station site has been backed by the
government's architecture advisory body.
Neil RichmoNd
The Commission for Architecture and the
runs property
Built Environment (CABE) said plans for the
consultancy Neil
40-acre (16.2-hectare) site, submitted by
Richmond & co
developer Treasury Holdings UK in October,
and acts for
has achieved an "impressive amount within
many of the UK's
the constraints of the building".
cinema operators
Battersea's Grade II*-listed power station Rafael Viñoly drew up the new masterplan
building is at the heart of plans to overhaul
F
ollowing its release in December the area, which include a hotel, community A CABE spokesperson said: "CABE has
last year, UK box office takings for facilities and a conference centre. reviewed the scheme six times – which is
James Cameron's Avatar have now A riverside park and an extension to the unusual – but this iterative process has
reached £90m, which means that it has Riverside Walk through to Battersea Park resulted in improvements at each stage,
outperformed the previous highest also form part of the proposal, which have including the complete removal of a
grossing UK films by 30 per cent. been reviewed by CABE six times. controversial tower in the original proposal."
Principally exhibited in 3D format, the
film's special effects have whet the
appetite of movie-goers right across the
Plans submitted for £65m Aldershot project
country. With further 3D releases due
out this year, we can expect cinema By Pete Hayman
admissions for the year to outstrip the
2009 level of 173.5m. Given the Citygrove has submitted plans to Rushmoor
explosion in the number of 3D films Borough Council for the development of a
being released and the premium price at new £65m cinema and restaurant complex
which seats for 3D films are sold, the in the heart of Aldershot, Hampshire.
industry expects that this year it will The London-based group – the council's
build on the 2009 record gross box office development partner – is planning to build
figure of £944m. a new seven-screen Cineworld cinema, a
Digital projection relieves exhibitors range of restaurants and a 91-bedroom
of the restrictions of traditional 35mm hotel as part of the WestGate scheme.
projection formats and opens up the new A full retail impact and capacity survey
world of non film based products such as A new seven-screen Cineword is proposed has also been submitted to the council.
'live' music and sporting events. Most
importantly it is essential for 3D output.
As delegates at the LPF seminar titled Watford Colosseum revamp proposals approved
Cinema: the digital revolution heard
earlier this month, it is no wonder that Plans for the redevelopment of Watford scheme, along with dressing rooms at
most of the UK operators are investing Colosseum have been given the green the rear of the main auditorium.
heavily in upgrading their cinema light by Watford Borough Council. A new extension will provide a ground
estates with digital facilities. With the Existing single-storey extensions to the floor entrance and foyer, incorporating a
help of some oversized blue aliens, it venue, which comprise the box office, a café/bar, a new box office and access to
looks like the sector continues to come bar, a cellar, a bottle store and a storage the first floor foyer. A smaller first floor
out on top in its battle with increasingly room, will be demolished as part of the extension will form a foyer and bar area.
sophisticated home entertainment media.
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