Laban

Architecturally, the external appearance gives the otherwise dull and uninteresting surrounding some sparks! I love the journey and the anticipation before seeing the building in a somewhat dodgy part of Greenwich. The building is very much the façade. It has one of the most appropriate façade I have ever seen, created by the collaboration of visual artist Michael Craig-​Martin and architect Herzog & de Meuron, using large translucent coloured polycarbonate cladding. If I have not mistaken, the colour changes as different light of the day reflects on it, creating an array of visual spectrum! Love it! This building is all about the façade and the dance performance within!

A stunning building well worth a look. Winner of the RIBA prize for architecture it looks somewhat like a lego building nestled in teletubbie land. Which is what makes it so unique and interesting!
If in Greenwich or Deptford, pop along and have a look and pretend to be a dancer and roll around the grass of the outdoor amphitheatre.

A close comerade studied here and so Laban and I became acquainted.
The building itself is epic. At times it almost seems as if it fights with the creativity it provides home to but though sometimes harsh, the vivid shades and strong lines are fun and often surprising. Overlooking this run down area of the river, the building surveys its surroundings with a sweeping contemporary arc. This bold modernism won the building the 2003 RIBA building of the year and well befits the often cutting edge work which its students produce both inside and [occasionally] outside.
Two performance spaces, the Bonnie Bird theatre and the Studio Theatre play host to work from professional touring companies and the students of the Centre it is here you are likely to witness the choreography of the next Lea Anderson, or enjoy the bodies that will make up the contemporary dance companies of the next decade.
This exciting building houses exciting development, and a real aura of energy surrounds it. Fledgling dancers, choreographers, scenographers and more are here just waiting for an audience. The architecture itself demands a viewing in its own right, but as a leading centre for contemporary dance Laban is certainly an establishment worth supporting.