Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Performing arts center in Thousand Oaks, United States.
The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a 210,000-square-foot civic complex designed by architect Antoine Predock in Postmodern and Modern styles, with large sculptures mounted on its sides. It rises ten stories and is anchored 22 feet underground in volcanic rock. It contains the 1,800-seat Fred Kavli Theatre and the 394-seat Janet & Ray Scherr Forum, and also houses City Hall.
The complex was completed in 1994 according to designs by architect Antoine Predock as part of a larger civic development initiative. The project integrated performance spaces, administrative offices, and public gathering areas into a single contemporary structure.
The site was a Chumash summer camp called Ipuc before becoming Egbert Starr Newbury's land, where he opened the Conejo Valley's first post office. The Bank of America Performing Arts Center's resident orchestra is the New West Symphony, and the Fred Kavli Theatre has hosted performers from Willie Nelson to Mikhail Baryshnikov.
An 850-space parking garage is located directly on the property and can be accessed easily from Thousand Oaks Boulevard via a sloping entrance. This makes arriving and parking straightforward for most visitors attending events or visiting the galleries.
The donor courtyard preserves an original oak tree that was carefully protected and incorporated during construction rather than removed. A pictograph wall on the grounds honors the region's original inhabitants.
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