Overture Center for the Arts

Format
Brief

City
Madison

State/Province
WI

Country
USA

Metro Area
Madison

Project Type
Special Use

Location Type
Central Business District

Land Uses
Arts Center
Civic Uses
Education
Museum
Office
Performance Space
Restaurant
Retail

Keywords
Arts-oriented development
Atrium
Cultural facilities
Downtown development
Galleries
Public-private partnership
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner

Site Size
2.5 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2001

Date Opened
2006

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Completed in April 2006, the 400,000-square-foot (37,161-m²) Overture Center for the Arts project includes Overture Hall, a new world-class performance-arts facility; the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, an expanded art museum; and a variety of renovated performance and visual arts spaces. Set on an urban infill site just one block from the Wisconsin state capitol building, the center was made possible by a gift of $210 million—one of the largest gifts for an arts center in the United States—from W. Jerome Frautschi, a retired local businessman.

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Owner/Developer
Overture Development Corporation
Madison, WI

Architect
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
New Haven, CT

Website
www.overturecenter.com

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig

ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner