Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, Texas

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Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
Designer REX Architecture P.C., New York, New York, USA
Location Dallas, Texas, USA
Date 2004 to 2009
Building Type Theater
Climate Hot Temperate
Context Campus Context
Architectural Style Expressionist Modern
Street Address
Notes By REX and Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), with executive architect Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc., Houston, Texas, USA.

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Building Details
Client Dallas Center for the Performing Arts
Cost $338 Million US
Area 80,300 square feet (7,500 square meters)
Program multi-form theatre with flexible performance configurations (proscenium, thrust, traverse, arena, and flat floor), a nominal seating capacity of 575, and full front-of-house and back-of-house facilities including administrative offices, rehearsal spaces, café, gift shop, cocktail bar, offices, costume shop, lobby, auditorium, stage support areas, mechanical rooms, production spaces and rooftop multipurpose space.
Awards  
  • Recipient, 2011 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture.


"The creation of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is an investment in the cultural life of our city... Together with the Performance Park, the Center will become an exciting, seven-day-a-week destination that will animate Dallas and the region. This new Center ensures that future generations in Dallas and the region will have access to the best music, theatre, opera and dance from throughout the world." –Bill Lively, President and CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.

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