Keynsham Civic Centre
Keynsham Civic Centre is a municipal building in Keynsham, a town in Somerset, in England.
A large site in Keynsham town centre was levelled in the 1960s, and a town hall, council offices, library, and clock tower were built. In 2012, Bath and North East Somerset Council commissioned Willmott Dixon to demolish the 1960s structures, and replace them with a new civic centre, including a library and community centre, and a larger retail and office building.[1] The buildings were designed by AHR and were completed in 2015.[2] They won a British Council for Offices Award for their design.[3] In 2021, the offices were refurbished at a cost of £1.6 million, to allow council employees from outlying buildings to relocate to them.[4]
The buildings are constructed of reinforced concrete and cross-laminated timber. The library and community centre building is known as Keynsham Town Hall and is a two-storey building, while the other building has a single-storey plinth, with three interlinked office blocks above.[1] The buildings were designed to be highly energy efficient, making use of natural ventilation, thermal mass and daylight.[2] Within the town hall are mosaics from the Keynsham Roman Villa.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Willmott Dixon picked for £34m Keynsham town hall development". The Construction Index. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ a b Strange, Ian; Dastbaz, Mohammad; Selkowitz, Stephen (2015). Building Sustainable Futures. Springer. ISBN 9783319193489.
- ^ Partington, Richard; Bradbury, Simon (2019). Better Buildings. RIBA Publishing. ISBN 9781000706758.
- ^ Sumner, Stephen (13 August 2021). "Keynsham Council offices to receive £1.6m revamp". Midsomer Norton, Radstock & District Journal. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ Allen, Denise; Bryan, Mike (2020). Roman Britain and Where to Find It. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445690155.