表演艺术
Celebrating the art of performance through design
Our facilities for performing arts and arts education support creativity, build communities, and bring joy. Through our profound understanding of the experiential qualities and the technical and social requirements of world-class performance venues, we provide design solutions that are innovative, aesthetically compelling, and operationally superior.
We have a reputation for award-winning design excellence and experience with performing arts centers across the country and the globe. Spaces for performance and arts education are are among our most beloved and rewarding projects. Through our collaborative process, which engages all stakeholders and is mindful of the economic and functional pressures that bear on institutions, we challenge our clients to rethink how they engage the public and present their missions.
Our buildings for performing arts create compelling physical presences that embody institutional aspirations. At the core of our practice is the belief that these spaces should be welcoming, accessible and inclusive for all users throughout all spaces. We design flexible venues that can be expediently reconfigured to suit a range of performance types and work collaboratively with acoustic, lighting, and other specialty consultants to develop innovative technical solutions that enhance operations. By establishing thoughtful interstitial and amenity spaces, and developing the entry progression from street to performance space, we elevate the audience experience and connect institutions to their surrounding urban and campus contexts. Our environmentally sustainable facilities reflect the progressive, optimistic spirit of their institutions.
Creating Iconic Spaces
We create iconic architecture grounded in the belief that, at its best, design communicates ideals, reinforces institutions, and acts as an agent of positive change.
Designing a performing arts facility is like directing a performance: It needs to touch people. The architecture should have a voice, a presence; it must inspire and hold people together. It should give life to what is about to happen, what is happening, and to the memories that are seen and heard afterward.
“I think Bing Concert Hall’s opening marks the beginning of a new era in the arts and I’m pleased that it’s going to be an interdisciplinary space and that it’s able to draw so much fellowship and good work.”
Jennifer Brody, Chair of the Dance and Theater Performance Department, Stanford University
We believe in aesthetic beauty, bold formal expression and proportional harmony, but our first concern is always to increase the touch-points and contact area between the mission of the institution and the community it is meant to serve. This can only be achieved through collaboration with our clients and a thorough understanding of their institutional mission and project goals. Whether projects are wholesale reinventions of institutional identity or “surgical” adjustments through renovations or additions that improve the user experience, our aim is to create designs that bridge the institution’s past and future.
