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Client: City of Alameda
September 2009 completed: May 2008
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Program: A 34,000-square-foot movie theater complex that includes a restored 1931 2,250-seat single-screen theater, and a new seven-screen Cineplex with ground-floor commercial spaces and parking structure.
Design concept and solution: The Alameda Theatre, designed by Art Deco architect Timothy Pflueger in 1931, underwent many changes when single-screen movie theaters gave way to the Cineplex in the 1970s. It was divided into smaller screening rooms in an attempt to keep up with competition from cineplexes. Over the next 30 years, the theater was transformed into a roller skating rink, and later, into a gymnastics studio. Architectural Resources Group reclaimed the single-screen theater, the lobby of which now leads to the original theater as well as to a seven-screen cineplex. The firm refurbished the Art Deco metal-leaf surfaces and elements, many coated with tinted varnishes to resemble gold, copper, and silver, and the mural artwork, stylized bas-relief panels, gilt-framed mirrors, decorative metal guardrails, and custom light fixtures. The restoration also involved improving ADA access, seismic strengthening of hollow clay tiles and the building’s reinforced-concrete structure, and upgrading the mechanical, acoustical, and electrical systems.
Gross square footage:
34,000 sq.ft.
Site size:
approximately 40,000 sq. ft.
Total construction cost:
$9.2 million
Architect:
Architectural Resources Group
Pier 9 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, California 94111
T: 415.421.1680
F: 415.421.0127
www.argsf.om
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