Colburn Center at the Colburn School design by Gehry Partners

Project: Colburn Center at the Colburn School.
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Architect: Gehry Partners
Owner: The Colburn School
Civil engineer: KPFF
MEP engineer: ARC Engineering
Structural engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Contractor: McCarthy

The Colburn School, a Downtown Los Angeles center for dance and music, has unveiled revised plans for a 100,000 square foot campus expansion designed by architect Frank Gehry.
The school now plans to build a 1,000-seat concert hall, four dance studios and a 100-seat studio theater in one building at its Bunker Hill campus, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.
The $350-million expansion is much smaller than the one announced four years ago for the Grand Avenue Arts corridor, which called for two performance halls with seating for 1,100 and 700 guests.
Likewise, former plans for a shimmering glass facade now call for a stainless steel exterior design. Or if the budget allows, titanium with a pinkish tint.
The updated design adds new open space, including a roof garden above the studio theater and a garden behind a gated entrance at Hill and 2nd Streets. A new plaza would replace a small parking lot at 2nd and Olive Streets.
A two-story stack of four glass-encased dance studios will be capped by a studio theater with 100 seats facing Hill Street, allowing passersby to view training and performances.

Source: Gehry Partners
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