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Prestatyn's Scala Cinema and Arts Centre - Building Plans

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Presented below are the plans for the new Scala Cinema and Arts Centre, which began construction during February 2007 and which was handed over to Denbighshire County Council on Monday the 22nd of September 2008. Following time for additional technical installations and staff training, Prestatyn's new Scala Cinema and Arts Centre opened to the public on Friday 13th of February, 2009.

The building designs were created by London-based architects and urban designers Burrell Foley Fischer LLP, commissioned by Inglis Todd Consultants, on behalf of Denbighshire County Council.

The Stage 1 Feasibility Study was completed in February 2002 and was positively received by all concerned. In September 2003 Inglis Todd Consultants and Burrell Foley Fischer LLP were appointed to progress with the Stage 2 Feasibility Study, following a competitive selection and tender process. The design of the new Scala Cinema and Arts Centre was developed in tandem with the development of the Business Plan, separately commissioned from Inglis Todd Consultants. The design brief stressed the importance of the new Scala Cinema and Arts Centre, contributing to the vitality and viability of the town centre and its regeneration.

Burrell Foley Fischer LLP are to be commended for their quality and thoughtful designs which make excellent use of space. Its is clear from browsing the plans, that Prestatyn's Scala Cinema and Arts Centre will help transform and regenerate the town.

Included are a wide range of facilities which local businesses, schools, communities and associations can use as comfortable, easily accessible and centralised meeting rooms. Two cinemas, theatre production stages, a Tourist Information Centre, a retail shop unit and a wonderful café/bar which overlooks Prestatyn's High Street are also included.

The new Scala Cinema and Arts Centre will not be directly managed by Denbighshire County Council's Tourism and Leisure department. Instead it is run on behalf of Denbighshire by a professional trust, the Prestatyn Scala Company, a corporate 'not for profit' Company Limited by Guarantee, which is similar in fashion to Prestatyn's Nova Centre and Rhyl's Pavilion Theatre. The new digital Cinema is capable of screening the latest films and cinema releases, as soon as they become available.

The new look Scala Cinema and Arts Centre...

The following plans were kindly supplied to the Friends of the Scala by Anna Joynt of Burrell Foley Fischer LLP and are available in the popular Adobe PDF format. If you don't have the Adobe Reader software installed on your computer, it can be downloaded for free:

To view the plans, simply click on each thumbnail image below:

High Street Elevation

The architect's impression of the Scala Cinema and Arts Centre, with the front of the building as seen from street level. The design restores the famous large window arches.

A larger version of this artists impression is available here.