PlayhouseSquare Foundation, Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare

Pioneering work at PlayhouseSquare continues with the design of interactive facilities integrating multimedia, performing arts, and broadcast for WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and the PlayhouseSquare Foundation. Inserting a contemporary design concept into historic One PlayhouseSquare 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 of space adding...

Oberlin College, Apollo Theatre

The Apollo Theatre in Oberlin, Ohio was built in 1913 as an 840-seat, single-screen movie house. In 2009, Oberlin College purchased the theatre in an effort to keep the historic venue alive as a first-run movie house, while providing new space for the college's Cinema Studies program and for community events and performances. Westlake Reed Leskosky designed the renovation with an eye toward preserving the local landmark's architectural...

Avalon Theatre, Avalon Theatre

In June 2010, Westlake Reed Leskosky (WRL) completed a master plan for the Avalon Theatre, originally constructed in 1923. The plan's primary focus was to improve the theatre in order to accommodate the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and to identify potential alternative programming options and strategic partnership opportunities with regional arts and cultural groups. The project also included market analysis and development of a business plan completed by AMS...

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...

El Dorado Festivals and Events, Inc., El Dorado Entertainment District

Westlake Reed Leskosky, working with the non-profit organization El Dorado Festivals & Events, Inc., has master planned and designed an arts and entertainment district in downtown El Dorado, Arkansas. The intent is to improve the quality of life and re-brand the former oil boomtown as a cultural performance mecca in order to help slow the decline in population (currently at 18,500) and revitalize the local economy. The master...

University of Mount Union, Giese Center for the Performing Arts

Westlake Reed Leskosky programmed and designed the renovation and expansion of the existing Performing Arts facility (composed of the Rodman Theatre, Cope Music Facility, and Crandall Gallery). The new 60,000 GSF facility serves as the synergistic home of Theatre, Music, and Dance at Mount Union. A 19,000 GSF addition contains a new 450-seat proscenium theatre, black box theatre, rehearsal space, scene shops, performer support, patron support and a...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, Hanna Theatre at PlayhouseSquare

The theatre, which has been adapted for use by the Great Lakes Theater Festival – an anchor production company of PlayhouseSquare 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 partitions)...

Point Park University, Pittsburgh Playhouse and Academic Complex

Westlake Reed Leskosky is the Design Architect for a new $52 million (total project cost) academic performing arts and media center addition / renovation for Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse on its downtown Pittsburgh campus. This is the largest project ever undertaken by the University. Situated in an urban district including many landmark structures, the new work complements its historic setting, architecturally.

The project will provide three new theatres,...

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 Power of Three Project, Allen Theatre

Working in partnership with PlayhouseSquare, the Cleveland Play House and Cleveland State University, Westlake Reed Leskosky designed a renovation and expansion for the historic Allen Theatre. The transformation, at a cost of $26 million, features three new theatres created within the 81,500 sf Allen Theatre and 44,000 sf continguous addition.

Housed in the existing Allen Theatre, the Main Stage Theatre and its lobby transitions the existing...