Monday, February 6, 2012

Signature Theatre Company by Frank Gehry

March 18, 2010 Filed Under: Architecture  
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Signature Theater Company has recently launched models for Signature Center, a new permanent home for the company. Currently under construction as part of its related companies mixed-use development at 42nd Street and 10th Avenue, Signature Pritzker Center designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry and opened in 2012.

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“Design amazing Frank Gehry for the new signing center is the perfect embodiment of the mission of the theater and allow the company to grow and expand programs for new and exciting directions,” said Jim Houghton, founding artistic director of Signature Theater Company. “We are honored to work with Frank Gehry and his team and can not imagine a permanent home for our more enthusiastic now. We hope Signature Center will be a good addition to a dynamic community and the city theater in New York. ”

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74,000 square feet, consisting of three seat theater, two studios and dynamic exercises, sharing hall, a cafe and bookstore, to encourage the intermingling of artists, audiences and society. The Center for signature in the sidewalk of 42nd street, under the canopy of glass that will protect visitors to identify the elements and the center with signage. This statue design elements provide a strong central presence and a sense of arrival. Street-level lobby is compact and visually dominated by plywood clad staircase leads to the elegant lobby and then in three films.

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