It's taken a little while but I am now a lot closer to the final selection of venues for my 15 year nightclub retrospective. I have sifted through between 3/400 shoots and narrowed it down to these.
| Venue | Location | Operator | Designer |
| Strawberries | London |
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| Club Cube | Edinburgh | Alfredo Alongi | Graven Images |
| Bed | Watford | Gatecrasher | Matt Rawlinson |
| Gatecrasher | Birmingham | Gatecrasher | Cal Fortis/Design at Source |
| Oceana | Kingston | Luminar Leisure | Bignell Shacklady Ewing |
| Jongleurs | Nottingham | Regent Inns |
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| Liquid | Romford | Luminar Leisure | Core Design |
| Zanzibar | Birmingham | Springwood Leisure | Blueprint |
| Club Wow | Manchester | First Leisure | Tibbatts |
| Barcelona | Leeds | First Leisure | Tibbatts |
| Atlantis | Wolverhampton | First Leisure | Tibbatts |
| The Works | Nottingam | First Leisure | Esquisse |
| Isis | Nottingham | First Leisure |
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| Eros | Edinburgh | First Leisure | Esquisse |
| Walkabout | Birmingham | Regent Inns | John Glover |
| Jam House | Birmingham | First Leisure |
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| Evolution | Leeds |
| Blueprint Design |
| All Bar One | Birmingham | M&B | McAndrew Watts |
| Empire | Milton Keynes | First Leisure | Tibbatts |
| Nightingales | Birmingham | Co-operative | GMP |
| Flamingoes | Blackpool | Co-operative |
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| Kartouche | Ipswich | Mezzanine Group |
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| Mezzanine | Wolverhampton | Mezzanine Group |
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| Chinawhite | London | Privately Owned | Tibbatts |
| Sticky Fingers | Manchester | Bill Wyman | Design LSM |
| Club Aquarium | London | Privately Owned |
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| DNA | Birmingham |
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| Browns | London |
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| The Works | Birmingham | First Leisure | Esquisse |
| Mood | Liverpool |
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| Mechu | Birmingham | Town & Country | Matt Rawlinson |
| The Bar | Windsor | Luminar Leisure |
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| MPV Bar | Leeds |
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| Equinox | London | First Leisure |
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| Heaven & Hell | Leeds |
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| Babylon | Greenock |
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| Ikon/Diva | York | Northern Leisure | Tibbatts |
| Eros | Newcastle |
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| Miss Moneypennys | Birmingham | Privately owned | Patrick Casey |
| Air (Gods Kitchen) | Birmingham | Privately owned |
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| Ministry of Sound | Birmingham | M&B |
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As you can see, it is quite an interesting and varied list. The intention is publish a 90/100 page book with a 2 page feature on each of the above venues. This feature will include about a page and half of images, with the rest given over to quotes and comments from the designers, architects, owners, builders and trade press who were involved in these projects.
As you see from the list, some of our project information is either out of date or missing (I am surprised how few copies of DI and Night I kept).This is where you can help, any additional info you can supply me would be extremely helpful. I am also really keen to get in contact with the following people:
Paul Fowler
Steve Thomas
Tony Pinkstone
Paul Day
Matt Turner
So if you contact nos or email address, I would really appreciate them. If you wish to be involved in the project, please do not hesitate to contact (it won't cost you a dime!).
The aim is to publish the book in late January next year and also have an exhibition of the work included around May/June.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
