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
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.