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Celebrity Solstice
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Celebrity Solstice / One of the most acclaimed of dozens of new cruise ships, Solstice was selected as a Top Large Cruise Ship and best premium cruise line according to Conde Nast Traveler’s 2014 Reader’s Poll. On board Solstice, spaces magically entice passengers to stay and relax, like the elegant solarium and the striking lawn club, its restaurants, entertainment venues and intimate places to hang out.
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Broward Center for the Performing Arts
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Broward Center for the Performing Arts
In the Studio and Beyond
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In the Studio and Beyond
Oasis of the Seas
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Oasis of the Seas / Guests can enjoy the sloped entry beach pool and two surf simulators on the pool and sports decks. The boardwalk features a handcrafted carousel, restaurants, bars, shops, two rock-climbing walls, and the 750 Seat Aqua Theater. At the heart of the ship is Central Park, which transforms the cruise environment into a sensorial, landscaped, urban oasis with over 600 species of plants.
Altria Theatre
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Altria Theatre / A determined effort by the Richmond Performing Arts Center and the city, in coordination with local arts and cultural groups, revitalized several performance spaces in downtown Richmond, including the beloved Altria. This transformation is helping to attract people back into the city and be a part of a vibrant arts, entertainment, and cultural reawakening.
TUI Mein Schiff 3
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TUI Mein Schiff 3 / TUI – Mein Schiff 3 sails out of Germany, the latest in a class of ships advancing elegance in travel. The ship’s clean lines, passenger amenities and neutral sand and marine palette reflect the modern European style that passengers seek. The central concept behind Mein Schiff 3 is an unparalleled connection to the sea provided along with a diversity of personalized, intimate experiences heightening every aspect of the journey.
Quantum of the Seas
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Quantum of the Seas / It was named Quantum for the quantum leap it takes in the passenger experience. You can sky dive at sea, or fly over the sea in a jewel-like star, or play basketball, or go roller skating and ride bumper cars at the Seaplex. With advanced technology, experiential entertainment venues, and countless food choices, this ship is a truly game changer in the art of cruise travel.
Boston University, College of Fine Arts
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Boston University, College of Fine Arts / Wilson Butler Architects has been working with Boston University’s, College of Fine Arts (CFA) since 2001. Working extensively with CFA’s 808 and 855 Commonwealth Avenue buildings, generating studies and designs to best utilize, adapt and re-imagine these historic buildings to fulfill the needs of today’s students, increase the success of the arts programming, and re-invigorate the physical center of the campus.
Calderwood Pavillion
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Calderwood Pavillion / The Calderwood Pavilion is the anchor tenant in a nine-story mixed-use building on Tremont Street in Boston’s historic South End. The larger facility includes restaurant, retail and residential spaces. The new facility is connected to the historic Cyclorama building, home of the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), and is jointly shared by the Huntington Theatre Company (HTC) and the BCA.
Towson Center for the Arts
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Towson Center for the Arts / Wilson Butler Architects in association with Design Collective Inc. of Baltimore brought the previously disparate visual and performing arts communities of Towson together in a 300,000 SF arts center that highlights the distinct individuality of each department. The facility provides a public “frontage” space in a unified collective village via an interior “street for the arts.” The eight venue arts center includes the renovation and spatial reorganization of the original building.
Bushnell Theatre
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Bushnell Theatre / To support The Bushnell in its ever growing role in the arts, Wilson Butler Architects guided them into becoming a leading player in Connecticut’s cultural life with the design of a 91,000 SF facility addition and the restoration of the 1930 historic gem Mortensen Hall. The new addition was built adjacent to the art-deco Mortensen Hall, one of the most beloved theaters in the country.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
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Merrimack Repertory Theatre / Wilson Butler Architects led the way in this dramatic refurbishment of 90 year old, 279 seat, Liberty Hall, home to the award-winning Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Originally opened in 1922, and like many old buildings that have been re-purposed for theater, the Hall was in great need for upgrades and modernizations to continue to cultivate the company’s current patronage while attracting new audiences.
Boston Ballet
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Boston Ballet / A vacant Washington Street warehouse was transformed into a spacious 16,000 SF facility with five new dance studios, including the Grand Studio, designed for both instruction and performances.
Richmond Center Stage
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Richmond Center Stage
Howard Community College, Visual and Performing Arts Center
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Howard Community College, Visual and Performing Arts Center / The Performing Arts Wing addition to the Arts & Humanities Instructional Building is the latest in a string of projects Howard Community College has undertaken to improve the quality of their facilities in response to the College’s 2000 Master Plan. Wilson Butler Architects worked with the project’s design lead, Design Collective Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland to design its new Visual and Performing Arts Center for music, theatre, dance and visual arts.
Akron Civic Theatre
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Akron Civic Theatre / The 2,600-seat Civic Theatre, built in 1929 as the Akron Loew’s Theatre, was designed by the noted theatre architect John Eberson and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of only five remaining Eberson-designed “atmospheric theatres”.
The Wang Center
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The Wang Center / The Wang Center for the Performing Arts is Boston’s largest non-profit performing arts organization. As such, it manages the 3700-seat Wang Theater as well as the 1600-seat Shubert Theater. Recognizing its central role in greater Boston’s performing arts community and the prominence of its two theaters within the city’s bustling Theater District, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts commissioned Wilson Butler Architects to undertake an initial planning study.
Imagination Stage
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Imagination Stage / The 375-seat main theater, with a full fly-loft, has a thrust, also known as an open or platform stage. Small seats especially designed for young children wrap around the orchestra, while older children and adults are seated further back. The smaller room is a flexible 150-seat black box theater. Both theaters are designed as teaching facilities, and are also fully equipped with modern rigging and lighting packages.
Plimoth Plantation
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Plimoth Plantation / In late 2010, Wilson Butler Architects was retained by Plimoth Plantation to address these shortcomings as part of the development of a Schematic Master Plan, while focusing attention on the immediate needs of the museum. The Plimoth 2.0 Projects outlined the next steps towards successfully achieving the larger goals and long-term vision for the 400th anniversary of Plymouth Colony in 2020
The Strand Theatre
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The Strand Theatre / The Strand Theater was heralded in the newspapers upon its opening in 1918 as “the best and most beautiful,” “the largest suburban theater in the world,” with “richly decorated boxes,” and “large and artistic in the details of its construction both within and without.” However, time often fades beauty and the Strand had fallen on tough times. Wilson Butler Architects was brought in to inject new life into this faded but graceful city-owned theater.
The Best of the Best
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The Best of the Best / Accolades for our Projects