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Performing Arts Performing Arts Designing and renovating performance venues for cultural institutions have been a significant and meaningful part of BBB’s portfolio since its inception. We have had many opportunities to work with clients dedicated to dynamic performance culture. Many of these clients and their projects are featured in this portfolio. We have combined our design of performance spaces with our expertise in serving institutional clients, creating spaces that inspire and excite the next great generation of performers and audiences alike. Shanghai Cultural Plaza Shanghai, China New World Stages New York, NY Lincoln Center Promenade New York, NY Cultural & Performance Venues 42nd Street Redevelopment, Site 5, New York, NY Apollo Theater, New York, NY Lincoln Center Capital Needs Survey and Master Plan Beacon Theatre, New York, NY New York, NY Biltmore Theatre, New York, NY Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Master Plan, Katonah, NY The Century Theater, New York, NY Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC Beacon Theatre New York, NY La MaMa, New York, NY Loew’s Paradise Theater, Bronx, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Capital Needs Survey and Master Plan, New York, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Promenade, New York, NY Mark Morris Dance Center Lyric Theatre, New York, NY Brooklyn, NY Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY Manhattan School of Music, Performance Spaces, New York, NY Metropolitan Opera House, Feasibility Study, New York, NY Minskoff Theater, New York, NY Neil Simon Theater, New York, NY Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Master Plan New World Stages Off-Broadway Theater Complex, New York, NY Katonah, NY New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY Radio City Music Hall, The Backstage Tour, New York, NY Shanghai Cultural Plaza, Shanghai, China Staller Theater, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Strand Theater, Lakewood, NJ Apollo Theater Baltimore, MD Symphony Space, Feasibility Study, New York, NY Theatre Row Center, New York, NY Manhattan School of Music Andersen Residence Hall and Performance Spaces New York, NY Shanghai Cultural Plaza In Shanghai’s historic Luwan District, BBB transformed a 6.45-hectare site into a landscaped cultural park, including a new 2,000-seat theater with a geometrically complex envelope design. BBB won an international design competition for the redevelopment of a full-block site in central Shanghai’s largest historic preservation area in the former French Concession. As one of the signature projects undertaken by the Chinese government for the 2010 World Expo, BBB developed the site as a city park with a below-ground theater as its centerpiece. Water and pathways flow around the theater complex, with the fluid lines of its architecture serving to soften its presence within the park. At the center of the complex’s lobby is a crystalline glass and steel funnel that flows from the roof to the lobby’s floor, symbolizing the importance of water in Chinese culture and in the development of Shanghai. The program also includes the adaptive reuse of several historic buildings, including a unique long-span structure, parking, and subway station access. Location Shanghai, China Client Shanghai Cultural Plaza Industrial Company & Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau Size 700,000 SF Completed 2012 Construction Cost Confidential PERFORMING ARTS New World Stages A new, multi-theater venue for Off-Broadway productions establishes a community of performance spaces just steps away from the Broadway theater district. The former Worldwide Plaza movie multiplex in midtown Manhattan has been transformed into an exciting cluster of five live production theaters. The new venue includes two 499-seat theaters, two 360-seat theaters, one 199-seat theater, and can accommodate 2,000 theatergoers and as many as five different shows at a time. A lively new lobby and gathering area is at the heart of the complex, where a wall of light-featuring projections on a metal- mesh scrim rises dramatically into the double-height space. The light wall also serves as a cue for audiences, as large numerals—one for each of the five theaters—light up behind the scrim to alert patrons that a show is about to begin. To enter the theaters from the second level, patrons pass through a series of walkways and bridges that provide an elevated view into the lobby space below. Location New York, NY Client Dodger Theatricals Size 61,300 SF Completed 2004 Construction Cost $15 million PERFORMING ARTS Lincoln Center Promenade BBB’s work on the Lincoln Center Promenade creates a vibrant, new cultural corridor that better connects the Performing Arts Center with the surrounding cityscape. BBB has been working with Lincoln Center for over a decade, beginning with a revitalization plan to prepare the world-renowned performing arts center for the 21st century. The Promenade is the centerpiece of the Lincoln Center campus, for which BBB served as the Executive Architect with Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Consisting of the public open spaces surrounded by the multiple performing arts venues, the aim of the project is to enhance the visitor experience and encourage interaction among artists, students, and the public. The Josie Robertson Plaza is the focal point, and includes new pavement and landscape features, integrated information technologies, a glass and travertine material palette, and a reconfigured vehicular and pedestrian approach. BBB worked closely with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Wet Design to transform the fountain itself into a more dynamic feature, with the addition of new lighting, improved seating, waterproofing, and other technical upgrades. Location New York, NY Client Lincoln Center Development Corporation Size 261,500 SF Completed 2010 Construction Cost $120 million PERFORMING ARTS AMSTERDAM AVENUE NY PUBLIC SAMUEL B. & LIBRARY DAVID ROSE FOR THE BUILDING METROPOLITAN PERFORMING OPERA HOUSE ARTS GUGGENHEIM BANDSHELL VIVIAN W 65TH BEAUMONT & MITZI E. NEWHOUSE THEATRES Damrosch Park THE Milstein JUILLIARD W 64TH W 66TH Plaza SCHOOL & ALICE TULLY HALL South Plaza North Plaza NEW YORK AVERY FISHER STATE THEATER HALL BROADWAY COLUMBUS AVENUE Lincoln Center Capital Needs Survey and Master Plan BBB’s capital needs survey and master plan capture current and future programmatic needs for the various constituent arts organizations at New York’s renowned performing arts campus. As part of Lincoln Center’s revitalization plan for the 21st century, BBB prepared a capital needs survey that defined the scope and budget for potential capital improvement projects. The scope included assessing the architectural and engineering conditions of existing facilities, as well as capturing current and future programmatic needs. Subsequently, working in conjunction with Cooper Robertson & Partners, BBB developed a more detailed master plan for Lincoln Center. The plan involved program refinement for each constituent arts organization, and the master plan for the entire 16-acre campus. Redevelopment options included infrastructure projects to meet safety and accessibility requirements; capital projects needed to bring performing facilities in line with current industry standards; and special projects requiring substantial alteration of existing facilities or the construction of new facilities. Because of site limitations, various options were explored to accommodate the expansion needs of different constituents. The master plan identifies sites for shared facilities, as well as organizational modifications to the infrastructure. Location New York, NY Client Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Size 16.3 acres Completed 2001 PERFORMING ARTS Beacon Theatre BBB’s interior restoration of the Beacon Theatre ensures the continuation of its legacy as New York City’s premier, intimate “rock house.” The Beacon Theatre is one of the last surviving movie palaces in Manhattan, and stands as both an architectural landmark and an icon of popular culture. Designed by noted Chicago architect Walter Ahlschlager and opened in 1929, the Beacon Theatre is a designated New York interior landmark and one of the city’s most popular live performance venues. Over time, the Beacon’s lavish interiors—an eclectic mix of Greek, Roman, Renaissance and Rococo styles— had deteriorated. BBB was engaged to lead the comprehensive restoration of the historic 2,829-seat theater and interior public spaces, backstage, and back- of-house areas. System upgrades necessary for the theater’s modernization— including theatrical house lighting, electrical service and wiring, plumbing and audio technology—were designed with careful consideration of their historic context. Based on extensive research and detailed, on-site examination of original, decorative painting techniques, the restoration employed the services of over 1,000 artisans, craftsmen, and tradesmen. Location New York, NY Client Madison Square Garden, Inc. Size 57,400 SF Completed 2009 Construction Cost $16 million PERFORMING ARTS Mark Morris Dance Center BBB’s design for a 5-story dance facility in Brooklyn creates a dedicated space for a renowned dance troupe. The Mark Morris Dance Group is widely recognized as one of the most creative forces in the world of dance. As the first single-choreographed company to ever build its own facility, the organization commissioned BBB to design a new center for dance on a site across the street from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) that previously housed an automobile showroom. The design features three column-free studios for the company on the upper floors, including a 60’ x 60’ column-free studio with a vaulted roof on the top floor that can be converted to a theater for preview performances of new work. The ground floor has three additional studios, plus locker rooms and lounges for the school, which offers dances classes for children and adults. The facility also houses administrative offices, company and guest dressing rooms, a physical therapy suite, an archive room, wardrobe storage, a lounge, two terraces, and support facilities. Continuing its 15-year relationship, BBB is currently working on Phase Five at Mark Morris, planning for three more dance studios.
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