The August Wilson Center for African American Culture
The August Wilson Center for African American Culture
CLIENT: Oxford Development Company
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chester Engineers is assisting the Owner’s developer and program manager with design and construction management of the $20 million facility. The two-story building will be located on the eastern edge of Downtown Pittsburgh at the corner of Liberty Avenue, 10th Street and William Penn Way - diagonally across from the Westin Convention Center Hotel. This stunning icon, which will serve to anchor the eastern border of the Cultural District, will change the face of Downtown Pittsburgh.
Key Project Features
- 67,000-square-foot facility
- A multi-purpose room that can be used for visual and performing art and community-based meetings and events.
- A permanent exhibition gallery devoted to Western Pennsylvania’s African American cultural history.
- A changing exhibition gallery for the work of current African American visual artists and those of African descent.
- A Music Café featuring live Pittsburgh-based and national performances as well as food of the African Diaspora.
- A gift store.
- A 500-seat proscenium theater for performances by local, national and international artists.
- Classrooms and educational activity spaces for families, school children and adults.
