Project Details
- Project Name
- Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, AT&T Performing Arts Center
- Location
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Dallas ,TX ,United States
- Architect
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REX ,Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
- Project Types
- Cultural
- Size
- 80,300 sq. feet
- Awards
- 2011 AIA Honor Awards
- Shared by
- Xululabs
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $354,000,000
Project Description
Located in the 10-acre Dallas Arts District, this $354 million, 80,300-square-foot building quite literally turns traditional theater typology on its side, placing back- and front-of-house functions above and below the glass-walled 575-seat auditorium. Flexible seating allows for easy transitions between proscenium, thrust, traverse, and flat-floor configurations.
Jury: “This building completely rechoreographed the way in which one experiences a theater.”
Client: “Our investment has already paid off in spades. Interest in attending a performance in this innovative space has soared. Performers are delighted (an understatement—they are practically giddy) to be able to conceive of so many ways to do a performance, and audiences love the surprise of never knowing what they are going to see.” —Deedie Rose, founding member of the board of directors of the AT&T Performing Arts Center
