Maltz Performing Arts Center in Cleveland, Ohio
Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland Building Renovation, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio Architecture
Maltz Performing Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University
July 30, 2020
Maltz Performing Arts Center
Architects: MGA Partners
Locations: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Maltz Performing Arts Center
Located in Wade Oval, among Cleveland?s most respected cultural institutions, a nationally registered historic synagogue, the Temple-Tifereth Israel, is repurposed as a new multi-disciplinary performing arts center for Case Western Reserve University. The 1,100-seat venue is the largest gathering space on campus and is used for a variety of ensembles, festivals and lectures.
Through ingenuity, collaboration, and respect for the historic 92-year-old building, the design team successfully resurrected a beloved but often unused facility into a nexus of culture, education, and student life.
The project required a significant preservation component to uncover the beauty of many historic details, including the stained glass clerestory, the Guastavino tiled vaulted dome, marble corridors, and wood pews, as well as the limestone facade.
A consistent language of craft is found in the synagogue, celebrating the tradition of building and of those who built it almost a century ago. The new insertions, primarily the glass and steel canopy, are conceived to complement this character with thin structural ribs and the transparency of the glass.
This carefully detailed, custom fabrica...
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