Abbeydale Picture House was built in 1920 as a 1,500 seat cinema, with a billiard hall and ballroom in the basement. The building operated as a cinema until 1975, when the development of multiplexes drove single-screen cinemas to extinction. The building was used as an office equipment warehouse until 1991, when it was closed.
Friends of the Abbeydale Picture House (FAPH) was formed in 2003, and in 2005 bought the building, with the intention to restore it as a performance venue and cinema. Since then, FAPH has run the Abbey Snooker Club and Bar Abbey in the basement, established the successful Picture House Youth Theatre, and opened the venue to gatherings of craftspeople and artists.
Live projects are a leading educational initiative at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. Architecture students work in groups on a 6 week Live Project with a range of clients including local community groups, charities, health organisations and regional authorities. In some cases the projects involve actual building, in others design of urban masterplans, in others consultation exercises. In every case, the project is real, happening in real time with real people.
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