Shaw Center for the Arts

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building_name = Shaw Center for the Arts
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caption =The Shaw Center at night, with the Old Louisiana State Capitol in the background
former_names = The Arts Block
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location = Baton Rouge, Louisiana
owner = Shaw Center LLC
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completion_date = 2005
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main_contractor = Lemoine Company
architect = Schwartz/Silver Architects, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Jerry M. Campbell & Associates
structural_engineer = McKee & Deville Consulting Engineers
services_engineer = M&E Consulting
civil_engineer = Ferris Engineering & Surveying, LLC
other_designers = Hargreaves Associates (Landscape Architect)
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awards = 2008 AIA National Honor AwardThe Shaw Center for the Arts is a 125,000 square foot (12,000 m²) performing art venue and fine arts museum located at 100 Lafayette Street in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It opened in 2005. The Center includes the Louisiana State University Museum of Art, the LSU School of Art Gallery, the 325-seat Manship Theatre, classrooms, a rooftop sushi restaurant, and a park. Among other collections, the museum includes the largest assemblage of Newcomb Pottery in the United States.

The skin of the Shaw Center for the Arts is made of translucent channel glass manufactured in Germany by Glasfabrik Lamberts [http://www.bendheimwall.com/proj_shaw_up.html] . The Shaw Center received the American Instutute of Architects Gulf States Honor Award in 2005 for its “aggressive concept with a good contrast of materials” and “effective mapping of façade upon the plaza” [http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek05/tw0708/tw0708gulfstates.htm] .

The center was built with both public and private funding. The Shaw Group was a major donor to Shaw Center for the Arts, and received the naming rights to the building, however the Shaw Center is neither owned by The Shaw Group nor do they share employees. Other major donors were the Manship families, the Pennington families and Lamar Advertising, which is based in Baton Rouge (Lamar and Reilly families).

The Shaw Center has won several awards for design excellence including:
* 2008 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Award
* 2005 AIA Gulf States Region Honor Award
* 2005 AIA New England Region Honor Award
* 2005 Boston Society of Architects Award for Design
* 2005 Boston Society of Architects Higher Education Award Citation

The architects are
* Design Architect: Schwartz/Silver Architects, Boston, MA
* Executive Architect: Eskew + Dumez + Ripple, New Orleans, LA
* Associated Architect: Jerry M. Campbell & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

See also

* List of concert halls

References

* Russel, A. (2005, May). Low rider. In "Architecture, 94", 52–57.
* [http://www.bendheimwall.com/proj_shaw_up.html "Bendheim Wall Systems - Projects"]
* [http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek05/tw0708/tw0708gulfstates.htm "AIArchitect, July 11, 2005 - AIA Gulf States Honor 11 Stunning Works"] Civil Engineering: Ferris Engineering & Surveying, LLC - Richard J. Hymel, A.S.L.A.

External links

* [http://www.shawcenter.org/ Shaw Center for the Arts Official Site]
* [http://www.schwartzsilver.com/ Schwartz/Silver Architects]
* [http://www.studioedr.com/new/ Eskew+Dumez+Ripple]