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Architects: Pelli Clarke & Partners
- Area: 15329 m²
- Year: 2013
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Photographs:Jeff Goldberg/ESTO
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Manufacturers: Terrazzo & Marble, ACGI, Advance Lifts, Amici Terrazzo, Eclad, Kawneer, Novum Structures, Viracon
Text description provided by the architects. The Theatre School is a gateway to DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus. Used for both instruction and performance, the building welcomes students, faculty and staff during the day and theatergoers at night. Emphasizing openness and transparency, the building puts the excitement of a theater education on view for the neighborhood. The five-story building is a composition of rectangular forms clad in limestone, translucent glass and transparent glass. Projecting from the building at the corner is the Sondra & Denis Healy Theatre, serving as a sign for the university. The north façade softly glows at night, a beacon for the Theatre School. Similar to a scrim, the translucent glass wall can reveal the 100-seat flexible theater behind it.
