Center for Performing Arts (Miami University)
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The Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) building is the largest building of the Miami University College of Creative Arts. It houses the Miami University Theater, theater department, and music department. Originally these programs were distributed between Fisher Hall and Hall Auditorium, and were moved to CPA after its construction in 1969.[1]
Center for Performing Arts | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | New Formalism |
Location | Oxford, Ohio |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 39°30′18″N 84°43′54″W |
Inaugurated | 12 March 1971 |
Cost | $6.8 million |
Owner | Miami University |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Herbert F. Hilmer |
Art Building | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Georgian Architecture |
Location | Oxford, Ohio |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 39°30′21″N 84°43′53″W |
Construction started | 1984 |
Completed | 1986 |
Inaugurated | 14 June 1986 |
Cost | $3.7 million |
Owner | Miami University |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Steed-Hammond-Paul Architects |
In 1984, funds were approved for a new Art and Art Education building to form a quad with the Center for Performing Arts and Hiestand Hall, amounting to approximately $6.8 million. The governor at the time, Dick Celeste, approved the grants for the building as well as the expansion and improvement of other halls on campus, including Williams Hall (Miami University), Gaskill Hall, and Robertson Hall.[2] Originally these funds had been frozen. $3.7 million was put forth by legislation to compensate for the architectural fees, the construction, and the equipment, and the building itself is worth $3.7 million. One of only two schools in the state of Ohio to be selected, the building was given the distinction of outstanding design in “American School & University.” [3]