| Smith Center of Performing Arts in Las Vegas
Capturing the timelessness, architectural relevance and community impact of the Hoover Dam, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts was designed to be an enduring centerpiece for the arts in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. The Smith Center assembled an internationally renowned design team that includes: David M. as the executive architect, Akusticks for acoustical design and Fisher Dachs Associates for theater planning. Sculptor Benjamin. Victor is commissioned to create the piece.
. Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. With more than 70 years of experience including designing The Palazzo Resort-Hotel- Casino in Las Vegas, HKS Architects, Inc. The design team also included Donnell Consultants Inc. Nashville Symphony Concert Hall, among many others. , HMA Consulting, IBA Consultants, Martin s recognised for extraordinary buildings, including one ofthe most celebrated performing arts facilities in the United States –the Schermerhorn. Ptersburg; major popular music venues such as Radio City Music Hall in New York and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; and important regional repertory theatres like the Guthrie in Minneapolis. Led by Paul Scarbrough, Akustiks has played a central role in the most striking acousticdesign successes of recent years. 7 acre Symphony Park and the Discovery Children's Museum. With these practical purposes in mind, the designers of The Smith Center focused on a "masculine art deco" design, placing it in a modern context that is extremely rich in detail. Led by Joshua Dachs, the firm's projects include thriving multipurpose venues such as Bass Performance Hall and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts; new homes for symphonies in Nashville, Omaha, and Montreal; opera houses for the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto and the Mariinsky Opera in St. Fisher Dachs Associates is one of the world's leading theatre planning and design consultants and a longtime collaborator with David M. The Smith Center utilizes a one-level floor plan that allows patrons to move chairs around to their liking, provides flexibility to wheelchair bound patrons and reduces safety concerns associated with a typical multi-level structure. • Every light fixture within The Smith Center is custom designed. Additionally, its roof contains a 12-inch thick slab ofconcrete, with an air gap, and then is layered with another 10 inches of interior sound deafening material to prevent other outside noise. • President and CEO Myron Martin credits his passion for the performing arts to a fourth grade field trip. Smith Center for the Performing Arts opens its doors. • The Reynolds Foundation's commitment to The Smith Center is the second largest philanthropic gift to the arts in the United States to date. The foundation has donated over $150 million. Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc. HKS is the architectural brain behind The Jersey Boys Theatre at the Palazzo, Atlantis Resort, Connecticut Children's Hospital and Dodger Stadium, to name a few. Schwarz. |
Friday, 9 March 2012
Smith Center of Performing Arts in Las Vegas
