Smith Center for the Arts | Tradeline, Inc.

The Center’s primary performance venues are the 275-seat Angell Blackfriars Theatre, a 273-seat concert hall, and a smaller “black box” theatre. It also houses a dance studio; rehearsal rooms; scene shop; classrooms; offices for the Music Department; and the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film; and a gallery for the Art Department.

The Smith Center’s Gothic style recalls that of Providence College’s historic main administration and classroom building, and defines the southern edge of a newly created campus quadrangle.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Providence College

Building Location:

Providence, Rhode Island UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Performing arts building

Project Delivery Method:

Construction Management

Project Timeline

Oct 2004	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$16,070,924

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$268

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Multimedia
Education: Performing Arts
Education: Theater
Performing Arts
Theater
Theater: Multimedia

Total GSF:

60,000

Project Team

Architect

The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Builder

E. Turgeon Construction Corp.

Consultant - Lighting

Ripman Lighting Consultants

Consultant - Theater

Robert Lorelli Associates Inc.

Engineer - MEP

R.G. Vanderweil Engineers

Engineer - Civil

Caputo and Wick Ltd.

Engineer - Geotechnical

Fuss & O'Neill Inc.

Engineer - Structural

Odeh Engineers Inc.

Landscape Architect

Marc Mazzarelli Associates

Profile Created 09/01/2006

Last Updated 09/21/2006

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

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Fig. 2

BlackFriars Stage

Fig. 3

Black Box Theatre