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What Will Post-Pandemic Performance Venues Look Like?

Four new projects on the boards employ different strategies to gather crowds around the stage again.

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Aiming to Engage the Public, DS+R’s New Tianjin Juilliard School Pays Tribute to Its New York Counterpart

The conservatory's transparent and open design includes space for performance, practice, research, and interactive exhibitions.

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In Lowell, Massachusetts, a Historic Facade Now Conceals a Modern Theater

As part of a $20 million gut renovation, Leers Weinzapfel Associates inserted a 20,000-square-foot egg-shaped theater into this 1876 building.

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In a Swiss Village, Architects Transform a Conference Center Into a Concert Hall

Studio Seilern Architects doubled the size of an underground meeting space, building dramatic glass-lined enclosure for the modern, 663-seat oak-paneled venue.

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How the Vineyard-Style Concert Hall Took Over the World (and Changed How We Hear Music)

With its promise to make every seat great, the vineyard-style concert hall has proliferated. But this format is breathtakingly at odds with the spirit of the original vineyard halls.

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Hong Kong’s New Opera House Suspends a 1,073-Seat Theater Above a Grand Public Atrium

The Xiqu Centre, which will showcase traditional Chinese opera, was among the last projects to involve revered Chinese-Canadian architect Bing Thom.

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Can London’s Revamped Royal Opera House Become a Public Amenity?

The famed cultural institution, opening to the public today after a six-year renovation by Stanton Williams, is betting big on audience engagement.

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Frank Gehry’s Minimalist Set For a 1983 Dance Performance Is Restaged for the Final Time in New York

Available Light, created in collaboration with choreographer Lucinda Childs and composer John Adams, is performed in New York City for the first time in 35 years at Lincoln Center.

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This Small Rehearsal Studio in London Seamlessly Disappears Into Nature

Designed by local firm Reed Watts Architects for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, the practice space blends seamlessly with its verdant surroundings.