### [A Live Sound Venue in Industrial Heritage: Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://01des.com/en/project/1677)

**Published:** 2026-09-24T01:21:25

**Author:** 01DES Editor

**Excerpt:** Apple creates its first permanent live music venue insi…

PUBLIC SPACES · LONDON

Within Battersea Power Station’s brick walls and steel structure, Apple brings performance, spatial audio, filming, mixing and broadcasting into one permanent music venue.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011505-wQIsLr7A.webp!dis)

Four illuminated arches establish a new rhythm between brick, steel and the main stage.

## Industrial structure as a performance backdrop

Apple Music Hall occupies the northern end of London’s Battersea Power Station. The 600-seat venue is Apple’s first permanent live music space and overlooks Turbine Hall A beside the company’s European headquarters.

Designed by Apple’s in-house team led by Apple Places vice president Kristina Raspe, the hall retains the flanking brick walls and monumental steel joists behind the stage.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011505-droqGWLo.webp!dis)

The adaptable audience area opens towards the monumental steel structure.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011506-GGcmkXR2.webp!dis)

Bronze viewing boxes sit between illuminated arches and overlook the main hall.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011507-scGLZpBx.webp!dis)

Balcony boxes create elevated and intimate viewpoints around the hall.

## Art deco reimagined through light and viewpoints

Four illuminated streamlined arches reinterpret the power station’s art deco language. Bronze balconies inserted between them create smaller viewing rooms overlooking the main hall.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011507-ncbuaYr8.webp!dis)

The 11.5-metre stage supports seated, standing and hybrid audience layouts.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011508-Shoda4TM.webp!dis)

Recording and mixing facilities sit alongside the performance hall.

## One performance, a complete production workflow

The 11.5-metre-wide stage supports seated, standing and hybrid configurations. A 48-speaker spatial sound system and 16 hardwired cameras capture sound and moving image together.

Two professional recording and mix studios allow a single show to yield a Spatial Audio recording, a broadcast-ready mix and multicamera video. Apple Music Radio has also moved into the building.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011508-UFgaCQCW.webp!dis)

Apple Music Radio broadcasts from a studio retaining the brick backdrop.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011509-wiAMuBo9.webp!dis)

The radio control room combines professional equipment, acoustic surfaces and restrained lighting.

![Apple Music Hall at Battersea Power Station](https://cdn.01des.com/uploads/2026/09/20260924-011509-mkdmHZUV.webp!dis)

Glazed partitions maintain visual contact between broadcasting, control and recording spaces.

## A new cultural layer within a regenerated landmark

Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, Battersea Power Station reopened in 2022 after WilkinsonEyre’s refurbishment and roughly four decades of dereliction. Apple Music Hall adds a permanent layer of live cultural production.

> Apple Music Hall does more than place new technology inside an old building; it allows industrial structure to keep shaping how sound, viewing and production unfold.

Project credits

Project — Apple Music Hall  
Design — Apple in-house design team  
Design lead — Kristina Raspe, Vice President, Apple Places  
Original architecture — Giles Gilbert Scott  
Power station refurbishment — WilkinsonEyre  
Images courtesy of — Apple  
Original feature — Dezeen  
Editorial adaptation — 01DES

**Tags:** Apple Music Hall, Battersea Power Station, Factory Conversion, Live Music Venue, Power Station Conversion

**Categories:** Public Spaces

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