March 28, 2003

PMSM Architects / B3 Architects Named Local Architects for Granada Theatre Restoration

Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts recently acquired the 1,600-seat, historic Granada Theatre originally built in 1924. The new owners have big plans for the project. "It will be the center for performing arts in the city," said Harriet Miller, president of the Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts and former mayor of Santa Barbara.

To restore the theatre's visual prestige, the center is working with local and national architects. Steve Metsch AIA, a Principal of Phillips Metsch Sweeney Moore Architects, and Barry Berkus, Principal of B3 Architects, are working on the project, while New York-based theatre design firm Sachs Morgan Studio is also involved.

The acquisition and restoration of the theatre has an overall price tag of about $20 million.

Stephanie Bertoux, Marketing Coordinator
Phillips Metsch Sweeney Moore Architects
805.963.1955 phone
805. 564.8582 fax
stephanie@pmsm-architects.com

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