Bard College at Simon's Rock
Daniel Arts Center
Great Barrington, MA

Situated on an old working farm in the woodlands of the Berkshires, Simon's Rock College of Bard is the nation's only college of liberal arts and sciences designed expressly for students of high school age. To expand the College's unique program, Ann Beha Architects designed a new 50,000 SF Performing and Visual Arts Center. The Center includes two new theatres, a main-stage and a black box theatre, as well as rehearsal, dance studio, office, classroom and other support spaces. Visual Arts facilities include painting, drawing, print-making, and sculpture studios and electronic arts studio and photo labs. The architecture responds to the site's natural features, the agrarian setting, and the school's ambitions for a dynamic facility for teaching and performances.