Disney Performing Arts Center

Project :

  • Walt Disney Concert Hall – the Music Center’s fourth venue and home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale and the site for CalArts Theatre (REDCAT).

Location :

  • 111 South Grand Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90012

Completion :

  • October, 2003

Project Cost :

  • $274 million

Building Size :

  • 293,000 square feet

Auditorium Seating Capacity :

  • 2,265 seats

Site Description :

  • Walt Disney Concert Hall is situated on a 3.6 acre, full city block in the historic Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. A large portion of the site will be dedicated to an urban park with expansive public gardens and ornamental landscaping.

Schedule :

  • December 1999:Construction CommencementSpring
  • 2001:The first concrete pour of the roof of the main hall and the erection of the pre-cast concrete acoustical panelsSummer 2001:Completion of the structural steel, including the framing of the main auditorium seating and erection of the six roof trussesSummer 2001:Commencement of installation of stainless steel panels on the exterior of the Concert HallLate 2002:Completion of the curtain wall of the Concert HallFall
  • 2002:Completion of the acoustical ceiling of the main auditoriumFall
  • 2003:Completion