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...

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...

Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music Renovation/Expansion

Westlake Reed Leskosky collaborated with Charles Young to renovate and expand the original Cleveland Institute of Music building, designed by our firm (then known as Schafer Flynn) in the1950's. The Cleveland Institute of Music is recognized as one of the premier music conservatories in the United States. Located on University Circle in the heart of the City's cultural district, the Cleveland Institute of Music facility features a renovated 750 seat...

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...

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky is currently completing a master plan for enhancements to the existing Performing Arts Center, one of the four largest in the country - that will include a hotel, artists' housing, patron amenities such as a restaurant and VIP areas, river mooring, and conference/banquet areas. We are working to establish an appropriate site program for a mix of uses that includes drop-off, parking and bus staging as well...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, The Hanna Theatre - Great Lakes Theater Festival

The theatre, which has been adapted for use by the Great Lakes Theater Festival – an anchor production company of Playhouse Square and one of the country's top regional theatres - conveys an open plan that connects the patron to the stage from the street to their seat, always visually connected to the performance. Typical and atypical support spaces (such as a café integrated into the lobby through movable glass...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, The Idea Center

Pioneering work at Playhouse Square continues with the design of interactive facilities integrating multimedia, performing arts, and broadcast for WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and the Playhouse Square Foundation. Inserting a contemporary design concept into historic One Playhouse Square on Euclid Avenue, the new synergetic center breaks down the barriers between television and radio to foster a convergence of the two formerly independent media streams, with multilevel activities and movement...