Wallis Annenberg Center

Beverly Hills, California

Blending Historic Preservation and Contemporary Performance Architecture Through Structural Steel

Building the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in the heart of Beverly Hills involved the creation of a new cultural facility that both preserves and adapts the landmark 1933 Beverly Hills Post Office. Construction included a new 500-seat, state-of-the-art theater adjacent to the original Italian Renaissance Revival post office, three classrooms, a 150-seat flexible studio space, a donor lounge, production support services spaces and administrative offices. The campus itself, a breathtaking 70,000-square-foot facility, celebrating the classic and the modern, has garnered multiple conservancy, design, architectural, and structural awards. The skills and craftsmanship of SME Steel are prominent throughout this project.

Awards for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

AIA Council Design Award
California Preservation Design Award
AIA Adaptive Reuse/Renovation/Historic Preservation Award
BUILD New Architecture Awards, Best International Museum Architects BUILD Architecture Award, Best Beverly Hills Cultural & Performing Arts Project Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award
Westside Urban Forum Award, Cultural
NCSEA Excellence in Structural Engineering

ENR Southern California Building of the Year
Los Angeles Architectural Civic Award
American Architecture Award
LA Conservancy Preservation Award
ENR California Cultural Project of the Year
Southern California Development Forum Built Award
AIA Next LA Award
Los Angeles Business Council, Unbuilt Civic Architecture Award

Project Details

10/14/2013

CLIENT

City of Beverly Hills

CONTRACTOR

Matt Construction

ARCHITECT

SPF Architects

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Structural Focus

LEED

Gold

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