HARBOUR LIGHTS SOUTHAMPTON
CLIENT: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
Harbour Lights is a landmark building located in the former P&O docks, Southampton, with two auditoria for film and video exhibition as well as conferences. The antithesis of the black-box space, the cinema's design provides a refreshing contrast to its multiplex rivals.
The foyers, café bar and offices have an open aspect which fully exploit the centre’s dockside location.
Harbour Lights is attributed as having had a leading influence on the design of a new generation of cinemas.
“I saw it when it was an artist’s impression; I saw pictures of the building site and I saw it completed and I think it’s every bit as beautiful as the original artist’s impression - that really doesn’t usually happen”
“This is cinema as a serious art form and all the architecture is to match... Harbour Lights film theatre in Southampton is a cause for celebration... a real new cinema at last - brave in its design and exhibiting immense flair and dedication.”