Winspear Opera House from the Wyly Theater |
Amazingly there are many Pritzker Prize winning architects that have built master pieces in Dallas / Fort Worth. Some of these include: The Modern Arts Museum by Tadao Ando; Margaret Hill Bridge by Santiago Caltrava; The Perot Museum of Nature & Science by Thom Mayne / Morphosis. But the projects we had the opportunity to explore are in the Arts district of downtown Dallas.
We had the opportunity to step inside of a few, and appreciate the planning that it takes to create a building, or space that even the non-architecturally trained visitor appreciates.
Under the Canopy at the Winspear |
One of our first stops was the Winspear Opera House by Norman Foster + Partners. The building not only houses a state of the art acoustics for opera, but it also serves as a public park. The auditorium seats over 2,000 with a multimillion dollar chandelier in the main auditorium which changes shape and color according the season or show for patrons to admire. On the exterior of the building a large canopy provides refuge from the heat & sun. The shade invites visitors to enjoy activities, such as water features and ping pong that attract all ages.
Chandelier at the Winspear |
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- Sharlee K. Van Tine, LEED AP
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