Donald Haynes Performing Arts Center

This 500-seat multiform performing arts center revitalizes a tired high school campus through a design composed of inner and outer shells, with an outdoor performance area connecting to the exterior. The structural outer shell uses the same brick as the existing school buildings, but "shreds" the traditional box form to reveal the baffled interior walls that shape the theater's acoustical environment.

Owner: Austin Independent School District
Design Team: LZT Architects: Murray Legge, Herman Thun, Val Fuger, Dale Austin, Tim Davis, Lucas Brown
Consultants: Encotech Engineering (MEP & Structural), Urban Design Group (Civil), Winterowd Associates (Landscape), CMPBS (Sustainability), ACR Engineering (Commissioning), Dickensheets Associates (Acoustics)
Photography: Thomas McConnell
Size: 16,000 sf
Cost: $4,400,000
Awards: Austin Energy Green Building Program 4-star Rating