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August 12, 2010

NEW case study – King’s Place concert hall and arts centre

Kings Place The Kings Place development at King's Cross - incorporating the first new public concert hall built in London since 1982 - is an unusual combination of arts centre and office building. For the interior of both the concert hall and the smaller rehearsal/performance studio timber was the best and most appropriate material, according to project architects Dixon Jones.

All the joinery elements within the hall - stall panels, balcony panels, column and beam casings - are of MDF veneered with European oak. All of the oak veneer for both halls comes from a single 500-year-old oak tree from Germany. The MDF used was FSC-certified and treated to achieve Class 0 surface spread of flame. The completed joinery elements were treated with a matt lacquer finish to achieve Class 1 surface spread of flame.

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