Maltz Performing Arts Center

Location
Cleveland OH

Institution
Case Western Reserve University

Architect
MGA Partners Architects

Acoustician
Akustiks

Construction Manager
Turner Construction

Awards
Honor Award
US Institute for Theater Technology
Honor Award for Design Excellence
AIA Pennsylvania
Divine Detail Honor Award
Honor Award for Design Excellence
AIA Philadelphia
Preservation Achievement Award
AIA Cleveland & Cleveland Restoration Society

Case Western Reserve University was gifted the Temple Tifereth-Israel on the edge of its University Circle campus with the condition that High Holy Days continue to be held in the main sanctuary. The space was re-imagined and designed to host full orchestral concerts, dance performances, and smaller acoustic and amplified music events while maintaining the features important to the congregation.

Nextstage principal Tony Forman (while at Theatre Projects) collaborated with his colleagues, the architect, and acoustician to introduce a visually transparent acoustic canopy, three concentric stage lifts, theater lighting infrastructure, and new seating that bring the facility up to contemporary standards and allow it to convert quickly back to a sanctuary.

Construction Type
Adaptive Reuse

Square Feet
145,000

Completion
2015

Users
Departments of Music and Dance
Temple Tiferith-Israel
Cleveland Orchestra

Spaces
1,350-seat main concert hall
94-seat recital hall
Support spaces

Photography © MGA Partners Architects