Tenerife Opera House
Tenerife Opera House in Tenerife, Spain by Santiago Calatrava, 2003. Click images (courtesy Javier Salmones) for larger, color pictures. Before the official opening of Frank Gehry's much anticipated...
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EMPAC in Troy, New York by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, 2004. Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a $142 million, 203,000 s.f. project on...
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Symphony Space in New York, NY by Polshek Partnership, 2002. Symphony Space, a community-based arts institution in New York City, was founded in 1978 in an abandoned movie theater. Now called Peter...
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National Theatre Okinawa in Urasoe, Japan by Shin Takamatsu, 2003. When Japanese architect Shin Takamatsu burst onto the architecture scene in the 1980's, his buildings resembled something out of a...
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Toneelschuur in Haarlem, Netherlands by Henk Döll, 2003. In 1996, cartoonist Joost Swarte made a series of sketches for a new home for Toneelschuur, a firm that deals with contemporary theater, dance...
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Austin Theater in Austin, Texas by Miró Rivera Architects, 2000. When Miró Rivera Architects approached the renovation of the Old Austin Theater (1939) from an adult theater into office space for a...
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The Arch in Mandal, Norway by 3XN, 2011. Mandal is a town of 15,000 people southwest of Oslo at the very tip of Norway. It overlooks the North Sea, and in every other way relates to the surrounding...
View ArticleKU Lied Center Addition
KU Lied Center Addition in Lawrence, Kansas by Helix Architecture + Design, 2011. The Lied Center of Kansas at the University of Kansas (KU) consists of a 2,000-seat multi-purpose theater with...
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The Public Theater in New York City by Ennead Architects, 2012. Sometimes the smallest and most discrete of projects can have the greatest impact. Such is my take upon experiencing the new lobby for...
View ArticleJean-Claude Carrière Theatre
Jean-Claude Carrière Theatre in Montpellier, France, by A+ Architecture, 2013 Given the 21st-century goal of reducing carbon emissions in everything from manufacturing and transportation to food...
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