Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects clad this Texas performing arts venue in reflective metal panels with horizontal stripes that recall rocky canyons.
Called The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, the venue is dedicated to the late American musician Buddy Holly and is built in Holly's hometown of Lubbock, Texas.
The performing arts venue is in Texas
Constructed on a site that lay fallow after a 1970s tornado hit Lubbock, the venue is a new-build that will formally open this summer.
The Buddy Holly Hall's intricate facade is designed to shade the venue from Texas' extreme climate.
A gleaming facade is built to protect against harsh sunlight
Brick with an iridescent glaze forms the lower volume. Higher up, the venue is clad with insulated metal panels that have deep interior sills to prevent the building's solar gain. "We were inspired by the natural sedimentary layering of the region's canyon rock-faces, and so designed a horizontal pattern to the jointing and fenestration," said Diamond Schmitt Architects principal Matthew Lella.
"It's a very modern and geometric building."

A light-coloured porous screen wraps around the building's south side. This screen blocks direct sunlight and keeps the building cool, but allows visitors to see in and out of the venue's large glass windows.
"We chose materials and colours that would feel at home in the landscape that surrounds the venue," Lella told Dezeen.
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