Norton Street Cinema Stage 1

• Name Norton Street Cinema Stage 1
• Client P & J Projects
• Location Leichhardt, NSW
• Year 1997

Located in the busy Italian stronghold of Leichhardt, the Norton Street Cinemas are a four-screen art house cinema complex, with a large book shop, restaurant and car parking, all fitted within a 1970s portal framed warehouse. The design respects the ad-hoc manner in which Norton Street has developed, with a strong regional character and an intensity of commercial activity.  An expressive functionalist approach was adopted, where the face of the building is composed from the uses found within.  The tenancies push forward to display their contents to the street.