Rick Mather Architects' design will provide the Cultural Centre with a new home for the nationally acclaimed art collection of Eastbourne's Towner Art Gallery as well as providing new conference halls, community activity rooms and a café.

The work which is due to complete in early 2007 will see the construction of a 200 sq. m gallery for the Towner nationally important collection allowing more works to be brought out of the storage and displayed.
Another important element will be a fully accessible storage facility for the collection. Temporary exhibitions will be presented in a 400 sq m gallery of international standards.

The project has already received significant grant funding from the South East England Development Agency, Art Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Mayor, Councillor Graham Marsden, says: "The new Cultural Centre will show people that Eastbourne is a place which celebrates innovations as well as commemorating the value of cultural heritage.

We are looking forward to vibrant future for the centre when it reaches completion in 2007."

Rick Mather Architects were chosen by competition from six finalists who included Michael Hopkins, Patel Taylor, MacCormac Jamieson Pritchard, Levitt Bernstein, and the RHWL Arts Team.

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