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REX opens The Lindemann Performing Arts Center at Brown University

2023-10-20T20:00:00-04:00

Brown University has shared photos to go along with the inauguration of its new REX/Joshua Ramus-designed Lindemann Performing Arts Center tomorrow in Providence, Rhode Island.

The building supports both performance and instruction on campus with an emphasis on creating new forms of collaboration inside a 101,000-square-foot container of flexibly configurable spaces. It combines with the twelve-year-old Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts next door to create the new Ronald O. Perelman Arts District, which is accessible from Brown’s main The Walk pedestrian corridor and provides the city with an added cultural venue as the university’s footprint within it expands.

Photo: Iwan Baan.

An extruding fluted aluminum rain screen facade gives the shoe box-like structure its complexity. The design includes a main hall that can be reconfigured five ways to accommodate between 70 and 530 people, depending on ne...

Radical Reconfigurability; A Conversation With REX, Threshold and Theatre Projects About the Brown University Performing Arts Center

2019-05-21T09:30:00-04:00

This week Ken and I are speaking with the leadership team responsible for the upcoming Brown University Performing Arts Center – Joshua Ramus of REX, Carl Giegold of Threshold Acoustics and David Rosenburg of Theatre Projects.

Brown University Performing Arts Center, East Rendering by Luxigon

The Brown University Performing Arts Center is a formally stunning project designed by REX for the Brown University campus in the relatively small town of Providence, Rhode Island. The exterior of the almost 100,000 square foot building consists of a large monolithic mass clad in aluminum, with a cantilevered glass-encased 13-foot tall clearstory jutting out from the lobby level, covering a lower-level outdoor public space.

From left to right: Joshua Ramus, Carl P. Giegold, & David H. Rosenburg

The interior of the Arts Center, however, is where the magic happens. To facilitate the university’s requirement to host performances for a variety of needs and audience sizes, REX and his team of theate...

Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX wins $100K 2015 Marcus Prize

2015-09-25T20:15:00-04:00

Widely hailed in the architects-under-50 bracket, REX founding principal and president Joshua Prince-Ramus will receive the sixth Marcus Prize, as announced today by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP). The prize is awarded to architects who have demonstrated at least 10 years of exceptional practice and show a "strong trajectory to greatness", as SARUP describes.

In addition to the $100,000 cash prize, Prince-Ramus will make scheduled visits to SARUP and participate in public lectures and and workshops during the spring 2016 semester. He'll also be leading a graduate design studio at the school alongside Adjunct Associate Professor, Matt Jarosz. There isn't much detail about the studio at the moment, but it will deal with specific architectural challenges with the intent to bring about long-term benefits to Milwaukee’s urban fabric.

From top to bottom: Necklace Residence; Seattle Central Library; AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and ...