Gehry Theatre At Bard Roof

It took three years to build at a cost of more than 62 million.

Gehry theatre at bard roof.

Though the 1 200 student bard college had been talking about building a new performing center since 1972 it was only four years ago that gehry was. Gehry worked in collaboration with acoustician yasuhisa toyota and a team of theater consultants. Gehry in 1996 to design the performing arts center. The fisher center demonstrates bard s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity.

The theater program is located in the world class richard b. Students study and perform in the landmark fisher center for the performing arts designed by frank gehry. Fisher center for the performing arts designed by the architect frank gehry. In the shifting center moves into line of fire.

The fisher center is 107 000 square feet. A founders room and roof. In many ways the relatively tiny fisher center for the performing arts at bard college is what many of us think of as gehry made. Designed by gehry a new arts center is a performance in itself bard college complex marks a new stage for the luminary.

Leon botstein the president of bard as well as the music director and principal conductor of the american symphony orchestra commissioned mr. The architect chose brushed stainless steel for the exterior of this 2003 music center so that the sculptural building would reflect light and color from the pastural landscape of new york s hudson valley. The center opened in april 2003. The walt disney concert hall at 111 south grand avenue in downtown los angeles california is the fourth hall of the los angeles music center and was designed by frank gehry it opened on october 24 2003.

Theater and performance are intrinsically collaborative art forms and collaboration and devised theater making are at the heart of bard s program. By robert campbell globe correspondent 8 9 2003.