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AT&T Performing Arts Center, Wyly Theatre

Dallas, Texas, USA
Karen Almond, courtesy of Dallas Theater Center

The Dallas Theater Center came to us looking for staging flexibility and performance intimacy in their new facility. In response, we devised a multiform space that can be arranged in a variety of configurations depending on the company’s artistic needs. It’s one of the world’s most innovative and versatile theatre facilities.

10
floors in the ‘stacked’ Wyly Theatre building
4,400
square-foot stage (proscenium mode)
8,800
square feet of flat floor event space

We created advanced rigging, platform, lift, and turntable designs so the space can be configured for up to 575 seats in proscenium, thrust, arena, and traverse arrangements, 800 in flat floor, and 400 for dining/banquet events. The building’s dramatic design organizes 75,000 square feet in a stacked, vertical array, and gives the public uninterrupted views of the theatre through vast acoustic glass walls. In the upper regions of the REX/OMA-designed tower, unexpected interior views give the individual spaces a feeling of openness. The Wyly Theatre rethinks the traditional form of the theatre building in a spectacular way.

Carter Rose, courtesy of AT&T Performing Arts Center
owner:
Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation
architect:
REX/OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramus (partner in charge) and Rem Koolhaas | Kendall/Heaton Associates
acoustician:
Dorsserblesgraaf
users:
Dallas Theater Center (resident company), Dallas Black Dance, Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico, and local arts organizations
spaces:
  • 575-seat drama theatre
construction type:
New construction
theatre type:
Concept design, Drama theatres, Feasibility & needs assessments, Master & comprehensive plans, Program development
services:
Feasibility study, needs assessment, comprehensive plan, and site and architect selection, programming, concept design, theatre planning, and theatre equipment design and specification
completion:
2009
Carter Rose, courtesy of AT&T Performing Arts Center
Iwan Baan
Carter Rose, courtesy of AT&T Performing Arts Center
Iwan Baan
Carter Rose, courtesy of AT&T Performing Arts Center
Iwan Baan

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