Chipperçeld’s Edinburgh concert hall waltzes on despite legal challenge

摘要

The charity behind a concert hall designed by David Chipperfield for Edinburgh has lined up a contractor despitea legal threat from a neighbouring developer.International Music and Performing Arts Charitable Trust Scotland (Impact) has signed a pre-constructionservices agreement for the £45m scheme with Sir Robert McAlpine.The Dunard Centre – previously known as the Impact Centre – will be the Scottish capital’s first dedicated newspace for music and the performing arts in more than a century and will have a 1,000-seat auditorium at itscentre. Home to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, it will also include a studio providing rehearsal, recital andrecording areas.