Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House

2403, Flora Street, Dallas, TX, United States

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Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House

2403, Flora Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Firm

Kendall/Heaton Associates
Thornton Tomasetti
Foster + Partners

Type

Cultural › Hall/Theater

YEAR

2009

SIZE

10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft

The Dallas Opera Company is renowned for its dedication to excellence and innovation in lyric theatre and that commitment was reflected in the brief for its new home in Dallas' Arts District. Representing a radical rethink of the traditional operatic experience, the design aimed to address the question: 'What is the nature of the opera house in the twenty-first century?' The ambition was to create a building that would not only play a central role in the cultural life of Dallas, but could become a destination in its own right for a non-opera-going public, with a café, restaurant and bookshop that would be accessible throughout the day.