Buildings
Museum Marks Finale to Madison’s Cultural Arts Block
(archrecord.construction.com - 05/19/2006)
By Ingrid
Spencer
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| Courtesy Pelli Clarke
Pelli |
Designed by New Haven, Conn.-based firm
Pelli Clarke Pelli (formerly Cesar Pelli & Associates),
the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art opened in Madison,
Wisconsin in late April, marking the completion of the city’s
Pelli-designed $205 million Overture Center for the Arts.
With a façade of cream-colored
brick, storefront windows, and a glass wedge containing a
zig-zagging staircase marking the corner of State and Henry
Streets, the $30 million building boasts 51,500-square-feet
of interior space at a three-story height. It includes flexible
galleries; a 230-seat lecture hall; a children’s classroom;
a study center for drawings, prints, and photographs; a museum
store; and a green roof with sculpture garden and rooftop
restaurant.
Pelli began construction on the Overture
Center in 2001. Paid for almost entirely by a gift from Wisconsin
businessman W. Jerome Frautschi, the Center was envisioned
to revitalize Madison’s cultural arts scene. The center
encompasses a full city block with its 2,255-seat Overture
Hall, 1,089-seat Capitol Theater, three smaller performance
venues, four gallery spaces, and the now-completed museum.
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