This document provides information about the renovation of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California. The renovation transformed a long-unused post office into a performing arts center through precision craftsmanship and modern design solutions while carefully reviving the original Renaissance-inspired architecture. Challenges included extreme acoustical demands due to the large hard surfaces. Fellert plaster was used on 6,500 square feet of the ceiling and walls to achieve a Noise Reduction Coefficient of 0.85 and provide acoustic performance for the new use as a performing arts center.

1. Project summary:
•Precision craftsmanship in color,
form and finish
•Listed on National Register of
Historic Places
•New operational orientation with
extreme acoustical demands
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Los Angeles [US]
About
Links: SPF: architects • The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis)
culture: theaters, auditoriums concert halls
History and future in dramatic
interaction
brought the ceiling to completion, square inch by
square inch.The challenges were many – not the
least the acoustical since the entire building was
made up entirely of large surfaces with hard
materials. Moreover, the arched ceiling with its
many complex and symmetrical elements – with
long and narrow, diagonal ventilation openings
– was a technically difficult surface that demanded
both experience and perseverance.The final result
was a brilliantly beautiful combination of old and
new, with the discrete but distinct shades of the
original plaster and new Fellert Even Better Silk
acoustical plaster in bone white. The NRC value
(Noise Reduction Coefficient) is an impressive 0.85.
A long-unused post office in Beverly Hills underwent
a dramatic transformation under Fellert’s direction.
The original Renaissance-inspired architecture was
carefully revived and in a radically altered context,
with modern design and acoustical solutions not
only being added but also interacting. The final
result was an entirely new building – and an entirely
new audience with theater and drama as the
driving force.
The project was characterized by extraordinary
precision craftsmanship from the start and dynamic
collaboration by all involved, from the builder and
architect to the conservator and installers who
worked the plastering machine and in principle
Architect: Studio Pali Fekete Architects
Location: Beverly Hills, California
Total area: 27,000 sq ft/2,500 m2
Area with Fellert: 6,500 sq ft/600 m2
Product: Even Better Silk
Fellert installer: The Raymond Group
General contractor: Matt Construction
Type of project: Renovation
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