Community // arts & entertainment

Virginia Arts Festival Headquarters

One of Norfolk, Virginia's, latest downtown developments is the new headquarters for the Virginia Arts Festival. H&A was challenged to establish a permanent home for the festival’s staff, create a high quality rehearsal hall for performers, and contribute to the development of a growing downtown arts district.

The sleek, 10,000 SF building contains an acoustically correct rehearsal studio, as well as a board room and office space for 25 full-time employees. The modern, steel and glass façade features huge, semi-transparent, vertical, fabric banners that are used to promote upcoming events. The expansive glass featured in the design will provide ample natural light, while allowing passers-by observe a rehearsal or a workshop in progress.