The Dallas City Performance Hall, a 124,000-square-foot multi-phase theatre facility, will be McCarthy’s next construction undertaking in the Dallas Arts District. During phase one of construction, 45,000 square-feet will be completed. The City Performance Hall is on track to be the first LEED Silver rated performing arts facility in Texas under the United States Green Building Council and will provide a new state-of-the-art home for small and medium arts groups reflecting the diverse communities of Dallas.
The facility will be a striking structure composed of a long sweeping roof flanked by two stories of cast-in-place concrete walls. The front entrance will feature a large expanse of glass, and the finishes will consist of wood harvested from local stocks.
Intended to provide lyrical and elegant addition to the Arts District the facility will be organized as a series of linear pavilions, capped by varying ribbon-like roof forms and will consist of a 750-seat theatre, two flexible 200-seat theatres, art galleries, a café, a bookshop, an enclosed garden and educational and meeting spaces. Each of the different interior spaces is clearly defined, making the complex easy to navigate and utilize.
“McCarthy is pleased to be an integral part of the expansion of the Dallas Arts District,” said McCarthy’s Texas Division President Mike McWay. “The City Performance Hall provides McCarthy with an opportunity to once again showcase our abilities as a leading Dallas Arts District builder while working with an outstanding team of professionals dedicated to the complex job at hand.”
“It is exciting to be working with McCarthy on such an important building for the city of Dallas in the Arts District,” said Rick Galceran, P.E., Director of the Public Works and Transportation Department for the City of Dallas. “We are confident that with their expertise in building performance arts facilities, McCarthy will be able to provide the quality we expect with the resources we have available.”
In addition to the City Performance Hall, some of McCarthy’s notable performing arts projects include the AT&T Performing Arts Center, a unique 80,300-square-foot multi-form theatre facility in the Dallas Arts District; the Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex including the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, a $312 million, 833,109-square-foot, mixed-use facility known as home to the Academy Awards; and the University of California Davis Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis, California, a $51.5 million, 106,000-square-foot, multi-level, 1,800-seat main performance hall with a 25-seat studio theatre.
The City Performance Hall is expected to be complete in 2010. The architect of record for this project is Corgan Associates, Inc. of Dallas and the design firm is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM) of Chicago.
About McCarthy
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately held construction firms. The company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for entertainment, healthcare, education, parking, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; office buildings; tenant interiors; mixed-use; and bridges and highways. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.
