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Foster's New Opera

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The extensive grounds of the Winspear Opera House include a public plaza and outdoor performance space for 5,000.
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Argentinean artist Guillermo Kuitca designed the stage curtain for McDermott Hall based on an abstraction of the hall's seating plan.
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The subdued character of the interior finishes in McDermott Hall keeps the visitor's focus on the stage.
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Detail of shade structure and louvers at column.
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Winspear Opera House east-west section drawing looking north.
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Winspear Opera House ground-floor plan drawing (orchestra level).
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Winspear Opera House third-floor plan drawing (first balcony).
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Winspear Opera House fourth-floor plan drawing (second balcony).
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Winspear Opera House fifth-floor plan drawing (third balcony).
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Winspear Opera House roof plan drawing.
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to view full-size pictures. Project Credits

Project: Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House (Dallas, Texas)
Client: AT&T Performing Arts Center (formerly Dallas Center for the Performing Arts)
Design Architect: Foster + Partners
Collaborating Architect: Kendall/ Heaton Associates Inc.
General Contractor: Linbeck Construction
Acoustician: Sound Space Design
Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants
Structural Engineers: Buro Happold; Thornton Tomasetti
Services Engineers: Battle McCarthy; CHP & Associates
Lighting Consultant: Claude R. Engle Lighting Consultant
Code Consultants: Pielow Fair & Associates; Donnell Consultants
Food Service Consultants: JGL Management Services; Cine Little
Geotechnical Engineers: GME Consulting Services Inc.
Landscape Designers: Michel Desvigne; Kevin Sloan; JJR
Sound System Design: Engineering Harmonics, Inc.
Transportation Consulting: Deshazo, Tang & Associates, Inc.
Parking Consultants: Carl Walker Inc.
Maintenance Cleaning Access: Citadel Consulting Inc.
Architect (Parking Garage): Good Fulton & Farrell
Security: HMA Consulting, Inc.
Curtain Wall Consultant: LZA Technology
ADA Consultant: McGuire Associates, Inc.
Elevator Consultant: Persohn/ Hahn Associates, Inc.
Acoustical and Vibration Consultant: Wilson, Ihrig & Associates, Inc.
Graphic Consultant: 2 X 4 Design

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