Rediffusion House | |
---|---|
Alternative names | Broadcasting House PBS Creativity Hub |
General information | |
Status | Intact |
Type | Commercial building |
Architectural style | Modernist |
Location | Gwardamanġa, Pietà, Malta |
Address | 75, St. Luke's Road |
Coordinates | 35°53′32″N 14°29′33″E / 35.8922°N 14.4926°E |
Inaugurated | 23 January 1958 |
Renovated | February–December 2012 |
Cost | £150,000 |
Renovation cost | €3.1 million |
Client | Rediffusion (Malta) Ltd |
Owner | Public Broadcasting Services |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Carmelo Falzon |
Rediffusion House is a Modernist building located in Gwardamanġa, limits of Pietà, Malta. Designed by the architect Carmelo Falzon, the building was completed in 1958 for Rediffusion (Malta) Ltd. It briefly housed Television Malta in the 1960s before a purpose-built Television House was constructed in 1964. The building continued to house Rediffusion until 1975, when the company's operations were taken over by Xandir Malta.
The building remained in use, becoming known as Broadcasting House, and it has housed the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) since that company took over from Xandir Malta in 1991. Between 2006 and 2008, plans were made to demolish the building and replace it with a new headquarters for PBS, but these were not carried out due to the building's significance in both Malta's architecture and broadcasting history. The building was renovated in 2012, and at this point it was renamed the PBS Creativity Hub.