Fresno State has selected award-winning San Francisco-based architecture firm Mark Cavagnero Associates to design a new 1,000-seat Concert Hall on campus. The venue will serve as a cornerstone for establishing community partnerships and promoting the university’s vision to emphasize the role of the arts and humanities in the Central San Joaquin Valley.
Mark Cavagnero Associates is well-known for its innovative design solutions that are sensitive to cultural heritage and the legacy of place. The firm designs timeless and contextual buildings and infrastructure that ensure long-term benefits for the communities that work, live and engage with them.
Mark Cavagnero Associates has designed many performing arts and higher education projects in California and beyond, with notable projects in the state including:
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts
- San Francisco State University, George and Judy Marcus Hall for the Creative Arts
- University of California, San Francisco, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building
- San Francisco Opera, Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera
- SFJAZZ Center
- University of California, Berkeley, Durant Hall
- Clovis Memorial District Conference Center and Theater
About Mark Cavagnero Associates
San Francisco-based architecture firm Mark Cavagnero Associates is dedicated to a socially and environmentally conscious practice, creating timeless, rational designs that are in dialogue with the communities they serve and that respond to the built and natural environment With expertise across nonprofit, educational, commercial, and civic sectors, Mark Cavagnero Associates has contributed significantly to the architectural and cultural environment of cities around the world for more than 30 years, and to the social and civic fabric of the Bay Area in particular. The firm’s celebrated projects include SFJAZZ Center; San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts; the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera; Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership; and the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building at UCSF. For more information, please visit www.cavagnero.com.
