Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center
LOCATION
Oklahoma
City, Okla.
OWNER
Oklahoma
City Art Museum
ARCHITECT
Allen
Brown Architects, LLC
SERVICES PROVIDED
Pre-Construction
General
Contracting
PROJECT DATA
110,000
square feet
- Three-story facility has 15 galleries,
a theatre, lounge, visitor services, library resource
center, classrooms and administrative offices.
- World-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly
created a monumental signature sculpture for the
center - the largest blown glass sculpture in the world
at 55 feet tall and 12 feet in diameter, tapering to
eight feet in diameter at the top.
- Interior materials selected from original
Centre Theatre elements (limestone, glass, metal
and natural woods) invoke warmth, elegance and simplicity
and incorporate “green” design
principles.
- Original features have been restored and
are featured in the theater lobby.
- Privately funded capital including a grant
from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
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