Brown University Tops Off Arts Center

Brown University Performing Arts Center
PHOTO BY ODEH ENGINEERS, COURTESY OF SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
When complete in spring 2023, the Brown University Performing Arts Center, located in Providence, R.I., will feature a main hall that will be transformable into five different stage and audience configurations—ranging from a 625-seat symphony orchestra hall to a 250-seat proscenium theater to an immersive surround-sound cube for media performance. The shoebox-shaped hall can modulate physically and acoustically. On Dec. 11, crews topped off the 94,000-sq-ft project, being built under an integrated project delivery contract between the university, Shawmut Design and Construction and design firm REX. The building will anchor a future campus arts district.