ADDISON CONFERENCE AND THEATRE CENTRE

ADDISON, TEXAS | 48,000 SQFT | COMPLETED IN 1992

AIA DALLAS HONOR AWARD 1995

“Cunningham Architects has respected the original grid of streets in their alignment of the central plaza, which now visually terminates a narrow residential thoroughfare. At the same time, their series of stepped vertical elements acknowledges nearby monumental structures such as the water tower and a commercial airport. The steel and cable roof of the theatre wing mimics the details of an airplane hangar across the street….”

“Such planning and material detailing are what ‘sense of place’ ultimately means anyway; not playing architectural dress up, but confronting whatever homely details exist and making something of them. The Addison Conference and Theatre Centre reflects authentic images of what this Texas town is really like – for which its residents should be grateful, and from which other communities can lean a great deal.”

- Architecture Magazine 8-92