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Cultural + Performing Arts

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Awards

Honors + Recognitions

Front entrance of concrete and glass geometric addition to the historic dome temple at Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University Maltz Performing Arts Center. Cleveland, OH.

Image © Kevin G Reeves

The U.S. Green Building Council

2022 Green Building Challenge

September 15, 2022

The Case Western Reserve University Maltz Performing Arts Center was awarded an honorable mention in the Energy category for the 2022 Green Building Challenge. The program aims to recognize the exemplary new construction and renovation projects happening in the local area.

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Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.

Image © David Huff.

IIDA Southwest

2023 Design Excellence Award

May 10, 2023

The Heard Museum’s Jacobson Gallery was recognized by the International Interior Design Association Southwest Chapter with a 2023 Design Excellence Award in the Single Space category. The IIDA works to forward interior design through education with the goal of positively impacting the community.

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SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, Sacramento, CA.

Image © Michael Grimm.

IIDA Southwest

2023 Award of Merit

May 10, 2023

The SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center was recognized by the International Interior Design Association Southwest Chapter with a 2023 Award of Merit in the Public Facility category. The IIDA works to forward interior design through education with the goal of positively impacting the community.

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Project Milestone

The Ismaili Center

rendering of world's seventh ismaili center; a glass and stone building with a second level terrace overlooking a green park

The Ismaili Center in Houston.

Rendering © Imara Houston Inc.

Firm News

Ismaili Center to be Houston's Newest Cultural Asset

November 16, 2021

DLR Group is leading the team of architectural partners responsible for delivering a venue dedicated to educational, cultural, and social events.

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Firm News+Ideas

Future Thinking + Milestones

Leadership

Connect With Our Team

If you don't meet them at a gallery or sit next to them at the theater, you can find their contact info here.
Dan Clevenger

Dan Clevenger

Global Cultural+Performing Arts Leader Principal
Dan Clevenger

Dan Clevenger

AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Global Cultural+Performing Arts Leader Principal
Dan brings an attitude of discovery and innovation to his leadership and projects. His clients include the University of Nevada Reno, Heard Museum, and SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center. Dan has served as an educator at Arizona State University and sits on the Western Museums Association board of directors.

Paul Westlake

Cultural+Performing Arts Leader Senior Principal

Paul Westlake

FAIA, IIDA
Cultural+Performing Arts Leader Senior Principal
Paul’s designs across four continents for Broadway producers, performing arts centers, premier orchestras, music conservatories, major museums, and academic arts institutions have received over 150 design awards from the GSA, National Trust, Chicago Atheneum, and AIA, including two AIA COTE Top 10 Awards.

Dennis Bree

Cultural+Performing Arts Design Leader Principal

Dennis Bree

AIA, LEED AP
Cultural+Performing Arts Design Leader Principal
Dennis is an expert in the design of cultural and performing arts facilities, frequently leading product research, design work sessions, and detail development. He is a strong believer in the role projects play as centers of community, learning, and expression. Dennis is also a faculty associate at the Design School at Arizona State University, where he has taught undergraduate design studios in architecture.

Carol Duke

Business Development Leader Principal

Carol Duke

Associate AIA
Business Development Leader Principal
Carol leads client development and strategy to expand the firm’s international Cultural+Performing Arts Studio. Her long-range planning and commitment to equitable community-building supports projects at a high level, resulting in exceptional, inspiring design solutions.

Christina Kruise

Business Operations Funding Specialist Senior Associate

Christina Kruise

Business Operations Funding Specialist Senior Associate
Christina is a business operations and fundraising specialist. Her natural curiosity and lifelong love for the arts led Christina to a career focused on development and planning for cultural facilities, working to ensure these spaces are equitable, accessible, inclusive, and representative of the communities in which they exist. An experienced practitioner, Christina has a deep understanding of the forces and trends at work in the arts and cultural sector, and how these elements impact the choices being made for a facility. She appreciates how the nuances of each project and client require individualized attention and care to arrive at the best solution.

Patrick Barrett

Theatrical Design Leader Senior Associate

Patrick Barrett

ASTC
Theatrical Design Leader Senior Associate
Patrick leads theater design for the firm by planning spaces and designing systems for the arts to support a wide range of performances. He and his team focus on how patrons will interact with the building, and how performers and technicians can ultimately use the space.

Jonathan Hopkins

Acoustics Leader Principal

Jonathan Hopkins

Acoustics Leader Principal
Jonathan leads our acoustic design team. He has delivered unique sensory experiences of sound in premier performing arts and museum environments for patrons around the globe. Jonathan is a lifelong musician, studying voice, piano, and saxophone performance, as well as music theory.
Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Business Development Leader Principal
Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

MBA
Business Development Leader Principal
Kathleen leads business development for the Cultural and Performing Arts Studio in the western United States. She understands that trust is earned and should be protected through honest and candid dialogue. At the core of her client interactions is a relationship built through communication to clearly understand the dreams and desires of her clients and how design can address and meet their need.

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