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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