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Tianjin Juilliard School / Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Paula Pintos — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Tianjin Juilliard School (TJS) is a center for performance, practice, research, and interactive exhibitions, with communal spaces that are designed to welcome the public into the creative process and performance of music. TJS is the first performing arts institution in China to confer a U.S.-accredited Master of Music (MM) degree.

Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center / Rockwell Group

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000

The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, named after The Film Society board member, and award-winning filmmaker and designer Elinor Bunin Munroe, is part of the 16-acre Lincoln Center campus redevelopment and was designed by David Rockwell and Rockwell Group who also collaborated with Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the exterior. Rockwell Group transformed this underutilized office space and a parking garage into a new state-of-the-art street-level Film Center, which houses two theaters, an amphitheater, and a café. With the opening of the Film Center, the Film Society was able to dramatically expand its programming with an emphasis on film education.

Institute of Contemporary Art / Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:00:00 +0000

The ICA is the first museum to be built in Boston in 100 years. The 65,000 sf building includes temporary and permanent galleries, a 330 seat multi–purpose theater, a restaurant, bookstore, education/workshop facilities, and administrative offices. It straddles the competing objectives of a dynamic civic building for public programs and an intimate, contemplative environment for viewing art.

White Oak Music Hall / SCHAUM/SHIEH

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:00:00 +0000

SCHAUM/SHIEH, Houston and New York based architects, have designed a dynamic cluster of music venues in Houston consisting of The White Oak Music Hall, The Lawn, and Raven Tower Pavilion. The project is a seven acre assemblage of new and adapted buildings, open-air structures, landscaped areas, and paved and decked surfaces along the Little White Oak Bayou. Pieced together from one large main site and a collection of smaller lots, the project is a unique example of urban infill, feathered into the fabric of the neighborhood on both sides of the bayou floodway and offering views of the Houston skyline. Owned and operated by a diverse and local group of live music fans and professionals, the venues offer a new state-of-the-art, transit oriented cultural hub for the Near Northside neighborhood and for the city.

The Marshall Family Performing Arts Center / Weiss/Manfredi

Daniela Cardenas — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 09:00:00 +0000

The Marshall Family Performing Arts Center is the focus of the performing arts at the Greenhill School. The design establishes a dialogue between building and campus: the building’s configuration creates a sequence of spaces that shape an outdoor courtyard and frame views out to the existing campus. The courtyard is animated by a double-height lobby. Designed to be an ascending gallery of collaborative spaces, the lobby connects all the performance venues and creates a destination for informal performances and spontaneous interactions.

Han Show Theatre / Stufish Entertainment Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Stufish Entertainment Architects has completed the 2,000 seat, live entertainment Han Show Theatre in Wuhan, China. The state-of-the-art theatre has been purpose-built to house the brand new theatrical, acrobatic water spectacle, ‘The Han Show’, by renowned theatre director Franco Dragone.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts / SPF: architects

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The program for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts [the Wallis] was to transform the Historic Post Office Site into a cultural center for the performing arts including, the 500 seat Goldsmith Theatre, the 120 seat Lovelace Studio Theatre, an education wing, administrative offices, café, gift shop, sculpture garden, education court and a state of the art performing arts support spaces.

Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University / Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Kelly Minner — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0000

The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, recently opened for spring semester classes at Brown University. Providing performance space, exhibitions, installations, and an outdoor amphitheater, the Center's long structural spans, high ceilings, and large floor plates stimulate a necessary collaborative environment with flexibility. Seeking LEED Gold certification, the exterior venetian blind system and green roof are just a few of the sustainable features for the Granoff Center.

Museum of the Moving Image / Leeser Architecture

Kelly Minner — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Museum of the Moving Image opened its doors this past weekend sharing with the public its expansion and addition of a 264-seat theater, 68-seat screen room, Video Screening Amphitheater and gallery for changing exhibitions. The complete redesign of the ground floor plus construction of a three-story addition and Courtyard Garden, has doubled the size of the existing building, enabling growth and innovation in the Museum’s uniquely comprehensive presentation of screen culture in all its forms (film, television, and digital media) and welcoming visitors into an experience in which architecture is seamlessly fused with the moving image. Designed by Leeser Architecture, the Museum of the Moving Image is hoping to achieve LEED Silver certification.

The Diana Center at Barnard College / Weiss/Manfredi

Kelly Minner — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Winner of a national design competition and a Progressive Architecture Award, the Diana Center establishes a new nexus for social, cultural, and intellectual life at Barnard College. From the historic entrance gate at Broadway, the wedge-shaped design frames a clear sightline linking the central campus at Lehman Lawn to the lower level historic core of the campus. The Diana Center extends Lehman Lawn horizontally and vertically: descending planted terraces cascade north to Milbank Hall, previously isolated by a 14-foot-high retaining wall and plaza, and ascending double-height atria bring natural light and views into the seven-story structure.

Sun Valley Music Pavilion / FTL Design Engineering Studio

Nico Saieh — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0000

The Seasonal Sun Valley Music pavilion, located on the south western end of the soccer field at the Sun Valley Resort is inspired by its natural setting and is destined to become a community gathering place for performance events.