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A new Houston music venue will open its final stage this year

2018-01-19T18:21:00-05:00

Houston recently gained a new music venue designed by SCHAUM/SHIEH, a small architectural collaboration operating between Houston and New York. The White Oak Music Hall is part of a whole cluster of music venues designed by the firm including The Lawn, and Raven Tower Pavilion. The Pavilion, a converted warehouse space, will soon be re-opened as the final stage in the overall music venue project.

The White Oak Music Hall located in Houston by SCHAUM/SHIEH. Image: Peter Molick.

The White Oak Music Hall located in Houston by SCHAUM/SHIEH. Image: Mark Torres/Houston Press.

The project is a seven-acre assemblage of new and adapted buildings, open-air structures, landscaped areas, and paved and decked surfaces along the Little White Oak Bayou. The White Oak Music Hall was completed last year and houses two performance halls with a 1200-person capacity.

The White Oak Music Hall located in Houston by SCHAUM/SHIEH. Image: Peter Molick.

The White Oak Lawn located in Houston by SCHAUM/SHIEH. I...

Atelier Paul Laurendeau's Amphithéâtre Cogeco brightens up Trois-Rivières

2017-12-22T18:05:00-05:00

Built along the St. Lawrence river in the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the Amphithéâtre Cogeco is a new performing arts venue by Atelier Paul Laurendeau, who won the competition to design the project in 2011. The project site was once occupied by a paper mill that shut down in the early 2000s, and the City of Trois-Rivières wanted a new recreational and cultural landmark in town.

Photo: Adrien Williams.

Named after telecommunications company Cogeco, the amphitheater was constructed in 2015 and the project site was completed in 2016. Atelier Paul Laurendeau designed the amphitheater at a monumental scale while maintaining a “light elegance” that makes the building inviting and open to all.

Photo: Adrien Williams.

Perhaps the amphitheater's most noticeable feature is its tapered 7,200 m2 rectangular roof, which glows bright red at night. The roof is supported by eight slender 850 mm-diameter steel aluminum columns that are 26 meters tall. It can accommodate up...

OMA gets permission to move forward with major Manchester project

2017-01-13T13:33:00-05:00

OMA has moved one step closer to securing its first major public project in the UK: the Factory, a proposed £110M arts center for Manchester, was just given the go-ahead by city councillors.

On a site that once housed the Granada Studios, the Factory is intended to significantly boost Manchester’s cultural capital. It’s an integral part of a larger project, which received a pledge of £78M worth of public money back in 2014 and will provide some 2,400 new homes, three hotels, as well as a commercial space.

The 12,077 square meter Factory will comprise a massive, 7,000 capacity glass cube intended to house performances, experimental productions, and other cultural events. The rendering shows a large, irregular form adjoining the cube.

OMA beat out Zaha Hadid and Rafael Viñoly, among other big name firms, to secure the commission.

Archinect - News

A new Houston music venue will open its final stage this year

Atelier Paul Laurendeau's Amphithéâtre​ Cogeco brightens up Trois-Rivières

OMA gets permission to move forward with major Manchester project

Atelier Paul Laurendeau's Amphithéâtre Cogeco brightens up Trois-Rivières