Architecture studios Robert A M Stern Architects and DLR Group have unveiled a pair of higher education buildings for performing arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
New York City-based Robert A M Stern Architects (RAMSA) collaborated with architect of record and performance venue designer DLR Group to create the Timashev Family Music Building and the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts Building, completed in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
RAMSA has designed the Timashev Family Music Building
The buildings comprise 200,000 square feet (18,580 square metres) on The Ohio State University's campus and "share an architectural identity grounded in openness, visibility, and connectivity that make arts activities within these buildings visible to passersby". "Designed and developed for performing arts education, the buildings' state-of-the-art performance and practice spaces serve Ohio State faculty and students and are equipped to host world-class performers and members of the Columbus community," the team told Dezeen.
The firm also completed the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts Building
Clad in the university's standard red brick and slate grey metal detailing, both buildings were designed to respect the neighbouring buildings in scale, but depart from the immediate context with continuously glazed facades along the western edge.
Inside, double-height lobbies ? clad in light wood paneling ? serve as light-filled communi...