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Detroit School of Arts

Detroit, MI

The Detroit School of Arts is the city’s showcase for the teaching and performance of theatre, music, and broadcast communications. This $122 million project opened in 2005, adjacent to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, and serves grades 9 – 12 in general education and performance training.

The LEED Certified school includes many performance and production spaces, including a multi-purpose theatre, a flexible black box” theatre, a recital hall, two television production studios and a full complement of workshops and dressing rooms. Students spend their mornings in academic classes, and afternoons are filled with rehearsals, coachings and production work.

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In collaboration with Hamilton Anderson Architects, Schuler Shook provided full studio and performance space planning as well as theatre equipment services for the project.

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Project Details

Architect

  • Hamilton Anderson

Acoustician

  • Kirkegaard

Recognition

  • AIA Detroit, Building Honor Award, 2005

  • LEED Certified

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