Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance

This facility provides three multiple stages for performance as well as essential technical, administrative, and rehearsal facilities. The flexibility of these studio and theatre spaces creates ample opportunities for students, faculty, and audiences to share in a unique and diverse drama and dance program.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Muhlenberg College

Owner Contact:

Curtis Dretsch, Dean of Faculty

Building Location:

Allentown, PA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Performing Arts Center

Project Timeline

Jan 1996	Planning Start
Jul 1997	Design Start
May 1998	Construction Start
Jan 2000	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$9,500,000

Construction Cost:

$8,500,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$193

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Administration
Performing Arts
Theater

Total GSF:

44,000

Total NSF:

29,000

Efficiency:

66%

Office Size:

9' x 15' NSF

Structure/Foundation:

Steel frame with concrete spread footings

Project Team

Architect

H2L2 Architects/Planners

Builder

Alvin H. Butz, Inc.

Consultant - Structural Engineer

A.W. Lookup Corporation

Profile Created 12/12/2001

Last Updated 04/04/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments.

Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.

Fig. 1

Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance