Athey Center, Connecticut College, USA, Connecticut Architecture, Performance and Research, Palmer Auditorium
Connecticut College?s Athey Center in New London
May 3, 2022
Design: Ennead Architects
Location: New London, Connecticut, United States of America

Photos © Ennead Architects/Aislinn Weidele
Connecticut College?s Athey Center
Ennead Architects, the internationally renowned architecture firm, celebrates the opening of the Athey Center for Performance and Research at Palmer Auditorium on the campus of Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. The newly transformed space will promote pioneering artistic production and research, attract world-renowned artists-in-residence, reinforce the campus Arts District, and offer renewed areas for community engagement. The project includes a new entrance, a complete façade renewal, and interior renovation to the auditorium, lobbies, lounge, costume and workshop, as well as teaching, administrative, and support spaces. Click here for photos.
Central to the project is a historically informed renovation of Palmer Auditorium, the iconic Art Deco theater designed in 1939 by William F. Lamb, one of the principal designers of the Empire State Building. Now home to Connecticut College?s Theater Department, when the auditorium was first built, it was conceived as a gift back to the community of New London. The space has a storied history and is well-known for hosting performances from acclaimed musicians, dancers, and performers...