Derby Assembly Rooms

The Derby Assembly Rooms is a events venue in Derby. It was built in 1977 in the brutalist style.[1][2]

Derby Marketplace, war memorial and Assembly Rooms

The Assembly Rooms building was designed by Hugh Casson and Neville Conder.[3] It replaced an 18th-century building of the same name that burned down.[4]

The building has been closed since a 2014 fire in the plant room of an adjacent multi-storey car park damaged the Assembly Rooms' ventilation system.[5]

The venue has been used by Elton John, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Take That, The Smiths, Tony Bennett, U2, Frankie Laine, the Manic Street Preachers and others.[1]

References
  1. Hawley, Zena (21 January 2021). "This is the latest on what could happen to the Assembly Rooms". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. "Derby Assembly Rooms and the brutalism battle". The Economist. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. Murray, Jessica (2 May 2021). "Last-ditch bid to save Derby's postwar modernist gem from bulldozers". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. Hurst, Will (8 April 2021). "Derby Council set to approve demolition of Brutalist landmark". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. "Derby Assembly Rooms demolition plan moves forward". BBC News. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

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