Located on the campus of Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine, the Luera Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center is a 15,000-square-foot (1,394-m2) facility with a 388-seat theater in an acoustically engineered space bordered by wood panel walls. The facility serves not only the Academy, but is used as a venue for the community and traveling performance groups. The stage is flanked by dressing rooms and a scene shop, control points for motorized rigging and lights, a catwalk for additional lighting and sound, and a control booth. The facility also features a large lobby with a curvilinear façade for intermissions and social events, an art gallery, classroom and office space for the Academy’s director of performing arts.
In addition to supplying the pre-engineered metal building, Butler Manufacturing, Kansas City, Mo., served as the single source for engineering and fabrication of both its MR-24 standing-seam metal roof system and related secondary steel roof support members, along with a mix of mill sections, cold-rolled and three-plate primary units to make up a fully integrated hybrid building. By acting as the single-source supplier, Butler helped save the project $5 per square foot. The building’s steel stud and masonry wall construction has liberal glazing and architectural precast accents. The roof assembly was engineered for 70 pounds pers quare foot (342 kg/m2) snow load and is insulated to R-30. The walls are insulated to R-25.
The project architect, Harriman Associates, Auburn, Maine, worked with the Butler builder, Sheridan Corp., Fairfield and Portland, Maine, as the construction manager at risk. Ascentech, Cambridge, Mass., was the acoustical subconsultant, and J&M Lighting, Kennebunkport, Maine, was the theatre and lighting subconsultant.
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