wallis annenberg center for the performing arts by SPF architects

american firm studio pali fekete architects (SPF) have been chosen to design
the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, incorporating the beverly hills post office.

the historic building will be restored and adapted, and the spaces that were once used
for mail sorting and postage purchases will be redesigned to become a theater school,
a flexible studio theater, sculpture garden, café, gift shop and more. complimenting
the historic building will be the 500-seat contemporary goldsmith theater.

the skin of the new goldsmith theater is an abstraction of the millions of letters
and envelopes that once defined this historic site – formed in copper-colored concrete panels.
a 4 foot by 9 foot envelope-shaped panel is repeated across the façade. the result is a beautiful
abstract textural pattern, engraved into a copper skin.  each envelope is slightly different;
some flat, some closed, some open, some turned front side out, and some turned to their backs.
the skin folds in response to the street and existing building on the site and also conceals
the mechanical equipment of the building. 


night view


goldsmith theater


interior of theater





floor plan