The Winspear Opera House faces the Grand Plaza and the Annette Strauss Artist's Square performing space and will provide a focal point for the entire district. Designed to ensure accessibility and legibility within a pedestrian-friendly environment, the new buildings will relate to one another along the 'green spine' of Flora Street. Together these new venues represent the most ambitious cultural building project in the city's history. The design of the opera house follows on from Foster and Partner's formulation of a masterplan for the Performing Arts District, which will eventually contain other performing arts buildings designed by Pritzker Prize winners: Rem Koolhaas, IM Pei and Renzo Piano. It addresses the questions: 'What is the nature of the opera house in the twenty-first century and how can we create a building that offers a model for the future?' In creates an open, accessible forum that is a world-class arts venue, yet has the qualities of a generous civic space. The new building represents a radical rethinking of the traditional opera experience. The plans to build the Winspear Opera House are evidence of the Dallas Opera Company's dedication and commitment to excellence and innovation. The building will be the principal performance venue in the new Performing Arts District of Dallas, and will stage opera, ballet, music-theatre and other large-scale productions. Foster and Partners will unveil designs for the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House on at a public presentation of the 'schematic design'.
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