Architecture Awards
Applications for the 2025 Awards are closed.
It takes a special balance of function and form to design the perfect live performance venue. As designers and technicians in live entertainment, our Members have worked in performance spaces all across the country, and the globe! USITT aims to recognize the best of the best live entertainment spaces and give credit to the architects and engineers behind them.
Sponsored by the USITT Architecture Commission, the Architecture Awards Program honors excellence in design and has recognized architects of theatre projects for 25 years.
Honor Awards (the highest designation) and Merit Awards are evaluated by a panel of distinguished jurors for:
- Creative image
- Contextual resonance
- Community contribution
- Explorations in new technologies
- Functional operations
Past award winners have come from England, Germany, Japan, California, New York, and all points between.
Apply today and help USITT highlight the best live entertainment spaces in the industry!
Past Winners
Honor Award
Groton Hill Music Center: Groton, Massachusetts
- Architect: Epstein Joslin + Picardy Architects
- Theatre Consultant: Theatre Consultants Collaborative
- Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics (w/ LKAcoustics Design Studio in concept design)
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center; La Jolla, California
- Design Architect: Epstein Joslin + Picardy Architects
- Architect of Record: JWDA Architects
- Theatre Consultant: Theatre Consultants Collaborative
- Acoustical Consultant: Nagata Acoustics
Merit Award
Thaden Performance; Bentonville, Arkansas
- Architect: Marlon Blackwell Architects
- Theatre Consultant: Charcoalblue
- Acoustical Consultant: Charcoalblue
Steelhouse Omaha; Omaha, Nebraska
- Design Architect Firm: Ennead Architects
- Architect of Record: Holland Basham Architects
- Theatre Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates
- Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics
David Geffen Hall; New York, NY
- Architect: Diamond Schmit
- Theatre Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates
- Acoustical Consultant: Akustiks
Honor Award
Red Mountain Theatre Campus; Birmingham AL
- Architecture Firm: Live Design Group
- Theatre Consultant: TheatreDNA
- Acoustical Consultant: SoundArts
TheatreSquared; Fayetville, AR
- Architecture Firm: Marvel Designs
- Theatre Consultant: Charcoalblue
- Acoustical Consultant: Charcoalblue
Merit Award
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts (The Reser); Beaverton, OR
- Architecture Firm: Opis Architecture
- Theatre Consultant: The Shalleck Collaborative
- Acoustical Consultant: Stantec Consulting
Honor Award
Klarman Hall; Boston
- Architecture Firm: William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
- Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants, Inc.
- Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics LLC
Merit Awards
Tanglewood Linde Center for Music and Learning; Lenox, MA
- Architecture Firm: William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
- Theatre Consultant: Nextstage Design LLC
- Acoustical Consultant: Kirkegaard Associates
Gonzaga University Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center; Spokane, WA
- Architecture Firm: Pfeiffer Partners Architects LLP
- Theatre Consultant: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
- Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics LLC
Honor Awards
Xiqu Centre, Hong Kong, China
Architecture Firm: Revery+RLP Company Limited
Theatre Consultant: Fisher Dachs and Associates
Acoustical Consultant: Sound Space Vision
Recital Hall, Pennsylvania State University
Architecture Firm: William Rawn Associates, Architects
Theatre Consultant: NextStage Design
Acoustical Consultant: Talaske
Merit Awards
BAM Strong, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Architecture Firm: Mitchell Giurgola
Theatre Consultant: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
Acoustical Consultant: Akustiks
Theatre and Dance Building - Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Architecture Firm: HGA
Theatre Consultant: Schuler Shook
Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics
Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham, North Carolina
Architecture Firm: William Rawn Associates, Architects
Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants
Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics LLC
Honor Award
Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, UK
Architecture Firm: Haworth Tompkins
Theatre Consultant: Charcoalblue
Acoustical Consultant: Charcoalblue
Merit Awards
Hancher, Iowa City, Iowa
Architecture Firm: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Theatre Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants
Acoustical Consultant: Kirkegaard Associates
The National Arts Centre Rejuvenation and Production Renewal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Architecture Firm: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Theatre Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates
Acoustical Consultant: Threshold Acoustics LLC
Merit Awards
Bridge Theatre
London, United Kingdom
Architecture Firm: Haworth Tompkins
Stage Engineering Manufacturer: Tait Stage Technologies
Acoustical Consultant: Gilleron Scott Acoustic Design
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
New York, NY
Architecture Firm: H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
Theatre Consultant: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
Acoustical Consultant: Akustiks
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Washington, D.C.
Architecture Firm: LBA-CGS Joint Venture, JV Partner Cox Graae + Spack Project Design Architecture
Theatre Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc.
Acoustical Consultant: Polysonics Corporation
Royal Academy of Music
London, United Kingdom
Architecture Firm: Ian Ritchie Architects
Theatre Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc.
Acoustical Consultant: Arup Acoustics
Honor Awards
Ruth Caplin Theatre, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
William Rawn Associates
Merit Awards
Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Reykjavik, Iceland
Henning Larsen
Merit Awards
Ascend Amphitheater
Nashville, Tennessee
Architect: Smith Gee Studio
Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas
William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
Chapman University Musco Center for the Arts
Orange, CA.
Pfeiffer Partners Architects
Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA.
Snøhetta
Mount Royal University Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Pfeiffer Partners Architects
Honor Awards
Maltz Performing Arts Center, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
MGA Partners Architects
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Snøhetta
Writers Theater
Glencoe, Illinois
Studio Gang
Honor Awards
Everyman Theatre
Liverpool, UK
Haworth Tompkins
Salle de Spectacles de Mont-Laurier
Quebec, Canada
Les Architectes FABG
The Theatre School, De Paul University
Chicago, Illinois
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Merit Awards
State University of New York at Potsdam Performing Arts Center
Potsdam, New York
Pfeiffer Partners Architects
Stavanger Concert Hall
Stavanger, Norway
AIX Arkitekter AB
Honor Awards
National Theatre of Bahrain
Paris, France
AS Architecture Studio
Merit Awards
Reed College Performing Arts Building
Portland, OR.
Opsis Architecture LLP
MiltonCourt, Guidhall School Of Music and Drama
London, UK.
RHWL Arts Team
Honor Awards
Seabury Hall Creative Arts Center
Maui, Hawaii
Flansburgh Architects
Merit Awards
Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theatre
New York, New York
WASA/Studio A Architects
Stanford University, Bing Concert Hall
Stanford, California
Ennead Architects
SFJAZZ Center
San Francisco, California
Mark Cavagnero Associates
Merit Awards
Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley Estate
Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Snell Associates
Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, University of Texas of the Permian Basin Midland, Texas
Boora Architects
Valley Performing Arts Center
Northridge, California
HGA Architects and Engineers
Rosie the Riveter Visitor and Education Center
Richmond, California
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
Kilden Performing Arts Center
Kristiansand, Norway
ALA Architects Ltd.
Honor Awards
AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
Dallas, Texas
REX | OMA Architects
Royal Shakespeare & Swan Theatres Transformation, Waterside
Stratford upon Avon, United Kingdom
Bennetts Associates
Merit Awards
Four Seasons Centre of the Performing Arts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Diamond and Schmitt Architects
Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Foster Wilson Architects
Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center
Florence, South Carolina
Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture
New York City Center
New York, New York
Ennead Architects
Dancing Water Theater at City of Dreams
Macao SAR, China
Pei Partnership Architects LLP
Rose Center for the Arts
Longview, Washington
Opsis Architecture
Visual and Performing Arts Village
Aptos, California
HGA Architects and Engineers
BodyVox Dance Center
Portland, Oregon
Boora Architects
Santa Barbara Bowl
Santa Barbara, California
Handel Architects
David L. Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP
Honor Awards
Arena Stage a the Mead Center for American Theater
Washington, D.C.
Bing Thom Architects, Inc.
Merit Awards
Shalin Liu Performance Center for Rockport Music
Rockport, Massachusetts
Epstein Joslin Architects
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
The 52nd Street Project
New York, New York
BKSK Architects, LLP
The Paramount Center, Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Honor Awards
The Royal Conservatory of Music, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning
Toronto, Canada
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Merit Awards
Vukovich Center for Communication Arts
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Polshek Partnership Architects
Henry Miller’s Theatre
New York, New York
Cook and Fox Architects
Winspear Opera House
Dallas, Texas
Foster + Partners
Theatre De Quat’sous
Montreal, Canada
Les Architectes Fab G
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and Samueli Theater
Costa Mesa, California
Pelli Clarke Pelli
Iwaki Performing Arts Center
Fukushima, Japan
Naomi Sato Architects & Shimizu Corporation
Honor Awards
Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Oslo, Norway
SnØhetta AS
The Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox
Spokane, Washington
NAC|Architecture
Merit Awards
California State University Fullerton Performing Arts Center
Fullerton, California
Pfeiffer Partners Architects
Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Drama Center & Arthur Miller Theatre
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Mesa Arts Center
Mesa, Arizona
BOORA Architects