Asheville Arts Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky completed a feasibility study to convert the Civic Center Arena in Asheville, North Carolina into a 220,000 square foot, 2200 seat performing arts center as part of a comprehensive adaptive re-use and urban revitalization project. The scope of the project includes a double balcony auditorium and a full stage house. The new components are designed to closely coincide with the existing structural framing, floor slabs and roof...

St. Ignatius High School, Breen Center for the Performing Arts

The $11.5 million performing arts center at St. Ignatius High School is sited at a terminus view corridor across the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, strengthening the urban conditions of the site and reinforcing connections to the 16-acre school campus and outdoor Mall to the north. The 36,000 sq. ft. building includes: a 550-seat proscenium theatre, a 150-seat band room, a rehearsal room, chorus room, practice rooms, and a range of stage and...

The Clemens Center, Clemens Center

The Clemens Center honors Samuel Clemens in his adopted home of Elmira, New York. Westlake Reed Leskosky developed a master plan to be implemented in two phases. Phase 1 architectural and engineering work, completed in 1999, has restored the Clemens Center's place as one of the most significant venues for the performing arts in the region, and paves the way for future improvements. Premium fixtures and finishes provide a rich...

City and County of Denver, Colorado, Denver Center for the Performing Arts

The 2,815-seat, award-winning Buell Theatre was created within a former sports facility and it was the first implemented phase of the $31 million Denver Performing Arts Complex, whose master plan was created by Westlake Reed Leskosky. The complex unification of disparate structures and new construction resulted in what is now the country's second largest performing arts center. The design of the Buell Theatre reflects the character of the region, incorporating...

Cleveland State University, Fine and Visual Arts Facility

Westlake Reed Leskosky was retained to design a new 178,000 SF Fine and Visual Arts facility for Cleveland State University. After studying what the scale of programmatic elements meant for the site, our firm determined that the best solution would be to expand the existing communications building out to Euclid Avenue, combining performance spaces and allowing a sharing of back-of-house and support spaces. The visual arts program would be located...

Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts

Through the collaboration of the local public School District, New Albany Village and Township, and the New Albany Company, the $15 million performing arts center is the cultural center for this fast-growing community just outside Columbus, Ohio. The Center includes a proscenium theatre, which is a venue for the Columbus Symphony, a small black box/rehearsal room, a dance studio, a range of stage and performer support spaces, classrooms, and an...

The City of Lauderhill, Lauderhill Performing Arts Center and Library

The City of Lauderhill, Florida has retained Westlake Reed Leskosky, in association with Barranco Gonzalez, to design a new cultural arts center for its residents. The Center will include a 1,200 seat theatre with a full stagehouse and performer support, a black box theatre, rehearsal spaces, a multi-functional lobby for events and performance, and front-of-house amenities. The Center will also have a full community library. Energy efficiency measures include heat...

City of Lone Tree, Lone Tree Cultural Arts Center

The new $17 million Lone Tree Cultural Arts Center will be a state-of-the-art, sustainable and energy efficient facility for the arts, and a new focal point for the City of Lone Tree, Colorado. The 40,000 sf facility is designed as a vibrant and multipurpose community center, with flexible space for a range of cultural arts and performances, meeting and events space. The Lone Tree Cultural Arts Center is being designed...

Maricopa Community College District, Paradise Valley Community College Performing Arts Center

Designed as a campus center for music, theater and art, the 24,870 square foot teaching and performance facility incorporates a 281 seat theater, rehearsal spaces, classrooms, practice rooms and gallery. The exterior, in form, material and color, is inspired by the natural characteristics of the starkly beautiful setting; chiseled forms and tactile surfaces evoke and interact with the distant mountains, undergoing continual transformation under the dramatic natural light. The intent...

City of Peoria, Peoria Center for the Performing Arts

The Peoria Center for the Performing Arts was the first step in a comprehensive initiative to develop the city center of Peoria, Arizona. The primary user is the preeminent community theatre group Theater Works. A craggy copper clad roof hovering above a base of masonry evokes the color and forms of the desert basin and distant mountains. The complex features 250 seat and 80 seat theaters with support spaces...

Sonoran Desert Center for the Arts

Westlake Reed Leskosky's conceptual design for the Sonoran Desert Center for the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona takes advantage of an extraordinary natural environment, revealing the beauty of the surrounding desert while being minimally invasive to the landscape. Encompassing 110,000 square feet, the planned campus includes a 2,000 seat theatre, a small studio theatre, a museum branch and amenities such as an outdoor patio grill and a full service restaurant. Illuminated...

City of Tempe, Tempe Performing and Visual Arts Center

When the City of Tempe, Arizona considered building a new performing and visual arts center, they first commissioned Westlake Reed Leskosky to perform a feasibility study and master plan. Based on the firm's work, the City overwhelmingly passed a bond issue including $35 million for the construction of the facility and staged a design competition. Westlake Reed Leskosky's competition finalist design was created in association with architects Hodgetts + Fung...

Wilmington Performing Arts Center, Wilmington Performing Arts Center

Representing a private/public sector partnership, the new 70,000 sf Concert Theatre on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus will serve the University as well as the surrounding community. A primary user of the space will be the Wilmington Symphony. Complementing the traditional architectural style of the campus and influenced by regional historic landmarks, the design features a brick volume fronted by an exterior portico and glass enclosed veranda that...