New York structure studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been chosen to renovate the Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, Texas, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) will restore the unique construction designed by Wright in 1959 as his first and solely standalone theatre – which has since had a sequence of additives added and has fallen right into a state of disrepair.
“Certainly, through the years, a mixture of neglect and additions have compromised the constructing’s integrity,” stated DS+R partner-in-charge Charles Renfro.
“Restoring the Kalita Humphreys Theater to its unique state requires a multifaceted strategy that entails surgical extraction, selective reconstruction, cautious preservation, and devoted reinterpretation of Wright’s design intent.”

Wright’s unique construction comprised a roughly pentagonal construction with clean edges topped by a round massing. Within the late Nineteen Sixties, a foyer was added to the unique that, based on Renfro, “compromised the unique massing of the constructing”.
DS+R will renovate the unique constructing, eradicating components of the foyer addition and extracting different “superfluous components” added in many years because the constructing was accomplished.
Modifications can even be made to the theatre itself, refurbishing it to resemble nearer Wright’s imaginative and prescient for the theatre by repositioning the seating within the auditorium and enhancing AV and back-of-house services.
“In an effort to safeguard the way forward for the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the undertaking should not solely restore but additionally renovate the theater to help the wants of latest artists and audiences,” stated Renfro.

The plans additionally embody the renovation of the grounds surrounding the theatre. This contains enhancements to the landscaping in addition to the addition of buildings to enhance the inventive programming of the property.
Wright’s unique design referenced the limestone bluffs that after lined the location, however these pure options have since been eliminated to make manner for parking tons and different infrastructural components.