Queens Theatre in the Park, 1964 World’s Fair
Queens Theatre in the Park, 1964 World’s Fair complex, NY, USA – design by Caples Jefferson Architects – Queens Theatre World’s Fair: New York architecture
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Toronto Centre for the Arts Building
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects. The Main Stage Reconfiguration Project transforms the existing auditorium into two venues – the 580-seat proscenium Lyric Theatre with a new stage, and a 300-seat flexible ‘black box’.
OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition 2017
The Theatre Architecture Competition (TAC), organized by Architecture commission of OISTAT -International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, is an international competition aimed at students and emerging architects and practitioners to showcase their innovation of future theatre architectures.
Byre Theatre St Andrews, Fife Building
The £4m theatre building includes a 220 seat auditorium and stage with full flying capability, ‘back of house’ accommodation, conference facilities, fully flexible studio theatre, and foyer / restaurant spaces which respond to the existing urban fabric by forging a new link between the differing public realms to the ‘front’ and ‘rear’ of the site
Rockvilla in Glasgow, National Theatre of Scotland
Hoskins Architects are pleased to announce the unveiling of Rockvilla, a new headquarters for the National Theatre of Scotland on the banks of the Forth & Clyde Canal in Glasgow.
The Factory Manchester Arts Building
Design: OMA, architects. £110m flagship cultural building wins Planning Permission: the city’s cutting-edge arts venue aims to take a radically new approach to cultural production and performance.
Chester Theatre Building + Library & Cinema
This cultural centre building design by Bennetts Associates Architects provides two theatres, a cinema and a public library in the historic centre of the city. It incorporates the listed shell of a former Odeon cinema and a new brick and translucent glass extension.
Shakespeare North Theatre Building Knowsley
Design: Helm Architecture with Austin-Smith: Lord LLB, Architects appointed to design £19m playhouse and education hub in Merseyside. Shakespeare North is to be a 350-seat replica Shakespearean theatre and education hub.
Wallis Annenberg Arts Center, Beverly Hills
Rehabilitation and redevelopment of the former Beverly Hills Post Office and the creation of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (“the Wallis”) design by Studio Pali Fekete architects – prize from The California Preservation Design Awards.
Teatre La Massa, Vilassar de Dalt, Catalunya
Design: Rafael Guastavino Moreno
This impressive Catalan building has circular structure with a rectangular stage area. The distinguishing feature of the building is the 17-m diameter Catalan vault over the main hall. The shallow dome’s structure is a double layer of ceramic tiles.
Performing Arts Center of the World Trade Center
Design: REX, Architects. Images of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the WTC – an 80,000 sqft building that will serve as a major new addition to New York’s cultural landscape, producing and premiering works of theater, dance, music, musical theater, opera, and film.
Taipei Performing Arts Center in Taiwan
Why have the most exciting theatrical events of the past 100 years taken place outside the spaces formally designed for them? Can architecture transcend its own dirty secret, the inevitability of imposing limits on what is possible?
Everyman and Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool
Design: Haworth Tompkins Architects. Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, whose acting alumni includes Pete Postlethwaite and Julie Walters, has undergone a complete structural and artistic renovation thanks to the Everyman creative team, architects Haworth Tompkins and theatre consultants Charcoalblue.
Teatro Popular de Niteroi, Brazil: Niemeyer
Teatro Popular de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro building, Brazil – by Oscar Niemeyer, famous Brazilian architect – Popular Theatre in Niteroi, Modern architecture
Structural Archaeology Belo Horizonte
Design: Vazio S/A architects. Considered for a time Brazil’s largest cinema, Cine Theatro Brasil was built in 1932 at an important intersection in downtown Belo Horizonte. Structural Archeology sought to activate this now unused space, coating the roof framework with a translucent screen, and turning the bleak void into an active venue.
Shanxi Grand Theater Taiyuan: Changfeng
Design: Arte Charpentier Architectes. Taiyuan is situated in the province of Shanxi in the northeast of China. In the centre of a basin overhung by two mountains ranges – the city is currently undergoing rapid development, as a result imposing reflections on its planning and scope.
City Center New York Building, Architects
Design: Ennead Architects. This historic building won the 2013 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award by The League of Historic American Theatres.