COLUMBUS, Ind. — Columbus architect David Force said that the space where he stood Monday inside the new $2.5 million Helen Haddad Hall in downtown Columbus serves as an example of how the city’s creativity continues to flourish in building and architecture.
The structure, which played host to its first limited event — the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic’s virtual annual meeting, with basically only staff and board members physically present — came together after local architect Nolan Bingham and David Bowden, the orchestra’s artistic director, wondered aloud one day if the organization’s crammed meeting room on the back of its offices on Franklin Street could be expanded for recitals and such.
That wondering now has become something of a multifaceted wonder. And it formed much of the focus of Force’s keynote remarks about the importance of design and music.
Force, a Philharmonic concert attendee whose firm handled the design and construction of the 120-seat facility with state-of-the-art audio capabilities, called the project “a tall order for such a small space.”
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