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Performing Arts Centers

Frank Gehry-designed expansion of the Colburn School performing arts center set to break ground

In April, the Colburn School, an institute for music and dance education and performance, will break ground on a 100,000-sf expansion designed by architect Frank Gehry. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the performing arts center will join the neighboring Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Grand by Gehry, forming the largest concentration of Gehry-designed buildings in the world.


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Top 35 Performing Arts Center and Concert Venue Construction Firms for 2023

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Holder Construction, McCarthy Holdings, Clark Group, and Gilbane Building Company top BD+C's ranking of the nation's largest performing arts center and concert venue general contractors and construction management (CM) firms for 2023, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2023 Giants 400 Report.

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Performing Arts Centers

Giants 400 | Aug 28, 2020

2020 Giants 400 Report: Ranking the nation's largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms

The 2020 Giants 400 Report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.

Performing Arts Centers | Aug 17, 2020

LA’s Greek Theater restoration completes

Page & Turnbull led the project in collaboration with design firm Rios.

Performing Arts Centers | Oct 14, 2019

A new performance venue completes in one of the world’s densest cities

The Xiqu Center is the first venue in the world designed for classical Chinese Opera.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

Top 65 Cultural Sector Construction Firms for 2019

Whiting-Turner, Turner, PCL, Clark Group, and Gilbane top the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

Top 70 Cultural Sector Engineering Firms for 2019

Jacobs, Arup, EXP, BRPH, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

Top 110 Cultural Sector Architecture Firms for 2019

Gensler, Populous, DLR Group, Stantec, and Perkins and Will top the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector architecture and architecture engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

2019 Cultural Facility Giants Report: New libraries are all about community

The future of libraries is less about being quiet and more about hands-on learning and face-to-face interactions. This and more cultural sector trends from BD+C's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Cultural Facilities | Sep 11, 2019

The Kennedy Center expands for the first time since its 1971 debut

The REACH, with three pavilions on a generous lawn, adds openness and light to this performance space.

Performing Arts Centers | Jan 31, 2019

The Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center begins construction

AUX Architecture designed the building.

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