Performing Arts Center Projects

RSS

For October, RECORD visits a varied mix of projects that serve as cultural anchors in their respective communities, spanning from New Zealand to Kazakhstan to Astoria, Queens.

An undulant screen of vertical fins greets visitors of the new Tselinny Center of Contem­porary Culture—the first private institution of its kind in Kazakhstan.

In this 1970 review, editor Mildred Schmertz praises Juilliard architect Pietro Belluschi’s ingenuity in navigating functional demands and engineering constraints.

The long-awaited L10 Arts and Cultural Center provides new space for multiple organizations across three floors.

With its curtainlike facade, the seven-story Allied Music Centre provides vital back-of-house functions for the restored Massey Music Hall.

With the aid of Mecanoo and Marvel, the famed New England dance center debuts a bigger and better Doris Duke Theatre nearly five years after its predecessor was destroyed.

A 1923 water tank in Poughkeepsie emerges as a unique and naturally climate-controlled cultural destination.

The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building marks a departure from the firm’s signature style while creating a dialogue with the buildings surrounding it.

Anchored by a 120-seat performance hall, the firm’s Community MusicWorks Center showcases cross-laminated timber while taking all-important acoustics into consideration.

Camillo Botticini brings a refined performance venue to his industrial hometown under a tight budget.