Editing Royal Albert Hall (section)

===2010s===
During the first half of 2011, changes were made to the backstage areas to relocate and increase the size of crew catering areas under the South Steps away from the stage and create additional dressing rooms nearer to the stage.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=LBMJ1ZRP14X00 |title = Planning Application Documents |website = Westminster City Council |access-date = 4 May 2013 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045909/http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=LBMJ1ZRP14X00 |url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Sala Royal Albert, Londres, Inglaterra, 2014-08-09, DD 062-64 HDR.jpg|thumbnail|254px|The Royal Albert Hall as seen from [[Prince Consort Road]]]]
From January to May 2013, the Box Office area at Door 12 underwent further modernisation to include a new Café Bar on the ground floor, a new Box Office with shop counters and additional toilets. The design and construction were carried out by contractor 8Build. Upon opening it was renamed 'The Zvi and Ofra Meitar Porch and Foyer.' owing to a large donation from the couple.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.8build.co.uk/news/101/8build-the-royal-albert-hall |title = 8build – The Royal Albert Hall |date = January 2013 |website = 8Build |access-date = 29 April 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050310/http://www.8build.co.uk/news/101/8build-the-royal-albert-hall |archive-date = 29 April 2014 }}</ref>

In Autumn 2013, work began on replacing the Victorian steam heating system over three years and improving cooling across the building. This work followed the summer Proms season during which temperatures were unusually high.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Nick |title=Sweaty business: Royal Albert Hall seeks solution to sweltering temperatures at Proms |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/sweaty-business-royal-albert-hall-seeks-solution-to-sweltering-temperatures-at-proms-8737173.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=2025-03-03 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305095716/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/sweaty-business-royal-albert-hall-seeks-solution-to-sweltering-temperatures-at-proms-8737173.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Further heatwaves led to a rebuild of the Rausing Circle level in 2021 with air-cooling ventilation installed, significantly decreasing heat there during hot weather.

In 2017, work began on a two-story {{convert|1000|m2|order=flip|adj=on}} basement extension for use as backstage and archival space to the south-west quadrant of the building. The project is nicknamed the "Great Excavation", in reference to the Great Exhibition of 1851.<ref name="HoL2021">{{cite web|url=https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/royal-albert-hall-at-150/|title=Royal Albert Hall at 150|date=5 March 2021|work=[[House of Lords Library]]|access-date=6 April 2021|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414111300/https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/royal-albert-hall-at-150/|url-status=live}}</ref> A new archive space opened in the extension on 12 October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67099592|title=Royal Albert Hall archive preserved in £1m project|work=BBC News|date=15 October 2023|access-date=25 November 2023|archive-date=25 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125175411/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67099592|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, a Walk of Fame was unveiled at the Hall, with the first eleven recipients of a star including the [[Suffragette]]s (who held meetings at the Hall), [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Albert Einstein]] (both of whom delivered speeches here), [[Muhammad Ali]] (who had exhibition events at a venue he dubbed a 'helluva hall'), and [[Eric Clapton]] (who has played the venue over 200 times), among others, who were viewed as "key players" in the building's history.<ref name="History">{{cite news |title=Clapton, Churchill among those honoured by Royal Albert Hall 'Walk of Fame' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/clapton-churchill-among-those-honoured-royal-albert-hall-125347984.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Yahoo |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407115635/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/clapton-churchill-among-those-honoured-royal-albert-hall-125347984.html |url-status=live}}</ref>