Colburn Center Press Room

A New Home For Music and Dance in the Heart of Los Angeles

Colburn’s Expansion Will Create the Largest Concentration of Frank Gehry-Designed Buildings in the World

Construction is underway on the Colburn School’s transformational 100,000-square-foot expansion designed by Frank Gehry, adjacent to Colburn’s Grand Avenue campus in Downtown Los Angeles.

Born out of an aspiration to serve both the community and the School, the expansion will dramatically increase the school’s world-class training and performance facilities for music and dance. It will also provide much-needed performance space in a mid-sized hall for the region’s established and emerging performing arts organizations.

When complete, the expansion will create the largest concentration of Gehry-designed buildings in the world.

Architectural Fact Sheet

Quote Sheet

Project Leadership

About the Colburn School

 

Groundbreaking Ceremony: April 5, 2024

Event Recap

Press Release

 

Photo Gallery

Images for editorial use only

For high-resolution images, please contact Lisa Bellamore (lbellamore@gmail.com) or Jennifer Kallend (jkallend@colburnschool.edu)

  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Construction on the Colburn School’s campus expansion.
    Captis Lucem Photography
  • Rendering of the Colburn Center at the Colburn School
    Hill Street and 2nd Street intersection viewed at night. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Rendering of the Colburn Center at the Colburn School.
    View from Hill Street West towards dance school entrance, dance studios, and public garden. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Rendering of the Colburn Center at the Colburn School.
    View East from Olive Street towards entrance to the concert hall. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Rendering of Terri and Jerry Kohl Hall within the Colburn Center.
    Interior of 1,000-seat concert hall named for Terri and Jerry Kohl located on the West end of the project site. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Rendering of the Colburn Center at the Colburn School.
    View from Hill Street and 2nd Street intersection. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Rendering of the Colburn Center at the Colburn School
    Aerial view. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Rendering of the Colburn Center at the Colburn School.
    100-seat studio theater. Courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Gehry Partners, LLP
  • Site of Colburn Center on Grand Avenue
    Courtesy of the Colburn School

 

MEDIA CONTACTS 

Crescent Communications
Lisa Bellamore
323-500-3071 / lbellamore@gmail.com  

Colburn School 
Jennifer Kallend
215-622-6195 / jkallend@colburnschool.edu