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WALLIS ANNENBERG PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Burbank, CA *
Type: Administrative Offices and Theater
Size:
38,000 SF
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in the heart of Beverly Hills
is a new cultural facility that preserves and adapts the landmark 1933 Post Office
to include an adjacent new 500-seat state-of-the art theater.
Three classrooms, a 150-seat flexible studio space, a donor lounge, production
support services and administrative offices have been created within the historic
building itself. The electrical infrastructure and all mechanical systems of the
38,000 SF original Post Office required complete reworking and inherent
challenges with a historic building renovation and preservation arose as the lobby
and façade could not be altered whatsoever.
Adjoining the landmark building, the new 500-seat, state-of-the-art Goldsmith
Theater is the genesis of previous unsuccessful attempts to house the theatre
within the historic structure. We carefully coordinated design and implementation
of the Goldsmith Theatre’s MEP systems with the acoustician and lighting
designer while staying open to the Annenberg Trust’s evolving needs, a complex
and involved process.
* Completed by AlfaTech principal during previous employment
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