Skidmore's Zankel Center coming along
Artist's rendering of the exterior.
Skidmore recently took a few people on a tour of its not-yet-open Zankel Music Center -- the Saratogian went along and has a few photos. The building includes a large, multi-paned window behind the stage -- Skidmore Unofficial has a digital rendering and a few other details. The school has posted a bunch of photos from the project.
In a brochure for the project, the school says it the new building will be used for a bunch of public events:
Even as the arthur Zankel Music center will help to transform our music program, it will also become a cultural destination for the entire upstate region. Each summer, the campus is abuzz with a broad range of cultural activities, including the New York State Writers Institute, Skidmore Jazz Institute, New York State School of Orchestral Studies, Skidmore Flute Institute, and many more. ...
All such programs will benefit tremendously from this new facility, allowing them to flourish in ways unimaginable in our current facility. We will no longer be forced to turn away visitors hoping to attend sold-out events, as we often do now. We will also be able to bring in other artists whom we could not accommodate in the smaller and antiquated Filene hall.
The $32.5 million building is slated to open early next year.
Earlier on AOA:
+ A photo tour of EMPAC
+ A tour of the Massry Center for the Arts
image: Skidmore College
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Are buildings that look like this really more useful and efficient than more traditional structures? Of course the rest of the campus looks like this already so it was inevitable. I suppose I should be grateful, modern attempts at vintage styles usually end up as parody.
... said Eric on Oct 20, 2009 at 4:43 PM | link
Looks like Jim Kunstler won't have far to travel to snap a pic of his next "Eyesore of the Month".
... said Kim on Oct 20, 2009 at 9:23 PM | link