Victorian Ruins Transformed Into Modern Dovecoat Music Studio

The architects paid meticulous respect to the original building - some grown vegetation and original features were left in their natural weathered state.

Dovecote Studio is a unique prefabricated music studio built within the remains of an old red brick Victorian pigeon house. Situated in England's historic <a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk" target="_blank">Suffolk</a> county, the <a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/" target="_blank">Aldeburgh Music School</a> studio was designed by <a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://www.haworthtompkins.com/" target="_blank">Haworth Tompkins</a> to provides artists and staff with a private space to practice and record. Beautifully contrasting the old and the new, Dovecote Studio builds upon the fabric of the Victorian industrial era.

When the architects at <a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://www.haworthtompkins.com/" target="_blank">Haworth Tompkins</a> surveyed the site in Snape, Suffolk, the only thing standing was a ruinous <a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://inhabitat.com/dutch-designer-dave-hakkens-creates-cool-rubble-floors-from-recycled-materials/" target="_blank">brick</a> foundation.

The minimum necessary brickwork repairs were carried out before inserting a new rusty prefab structure to keep costs and effort low.

<a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecote" target="_blank">Dovecote</a> Studio's interiors are bathed in gorgeous <a href="http://inhabitat.com/daylighting/">natural light</a> thanks to a large north-facing skylight and many side windows.

Walls and ceilings are lined with spruce plywood, creating a timber box with relaxing views over the marshes towards the sea.

Haworth Tompkins's Dovecote Studio is a lovely <a title="Dovecoat is a Music Studio Erected from Victorian Ruins" href="http://inhabitat.com/cabin-porn-6-awesome-lil-isolated-shelters-from-around-the-world/6-green-isolated-cabins-around-the-world-4/?extend=1" target="_blank">music shelter</a> that has been highly recognized by <a href="http://www.architecture.com/Home.aspx">RIBA</a> and <a href="http://www.rics.org/">RICS</a> to name a few.