{"id":254359,"date":"2025-07-10T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254359\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:20:11","slug":"sheffield-central-library-and-graves-art-gallery-renovation-scheme-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254359\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Central Library and Graves Art Gallery renovation scheme begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The site is home to libraries including central lending, children’s, local studies, home service and has the Library Theatre below ground.<\/p>\n

On the third floor of the building is the Graves Gallery which displays historic and contemporary artworks by regional, national and international artists.<\/p>\n

There was controversy in 2016 when the local authority put forward a proposal to turn the building into a five-star hotel<\/a> after signing an investment deal with a Chinese manufacturing firm. These plans later collapsed.<\/p>\n

Councillor Mohammed Mahroof, chair of the culture committee, said the council was determined to keep it as a public building with “cultural and community uses at its heart”.<\/p>\n

“We want to ensure that Sheffield has public services that are modern, accessible, and serve all of our diverse communities, now, and for generations to come.<\/p>\n

“To do that, we need to understand what a state-of-the-art service looks like, and what spaces and facilities are needed to deliver this,” he added.<\/p>\n

Counterculture LLP, architects Carmody Groarke and structural conservation specialists ARUP have been brought in for the latest scheme.<\/p>\n

They have also been tasked with uncovering the best options to keep the library and gallery financially and environmentally sustainable.<\/p>\n

Sessions with groups who use the building will take place as well as speaking to people who do not.<\/p>\n

The council said a number of options would then be put forward followed by a public consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The site is home to libraries including central lending, children’s, local studies, home service and has the Library…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-254359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114830797951192630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}