MacPhail Center for Music
James Dayton Design
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Date
2007Description
Entrance to main performance hall from main lobby off 5th Avenue S; wood paneling inset into the corten steel clad wall; In 2003, the organization changed its name to the MacPhail Center for Music; it is a private, non-profit music school first founded in 1907. The new facility one block south of the Mississippi riverfront was designed by James Dayton, who studied and worked with Gehry Partners. The six-story building, which opened in January of 2008, has 55 studios and several individual practice rooms; rooms for group classes; a two-story formal performance center with a green room and recording space; and an informal performance space for small recitals and impromptu gatherings. The building is fully ADA-compliant. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/22/2012)
Type of Work
classroom; performing arts center; school (building)Subject
architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), music, Performing arts, Twenty-first century
Rights
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only