Choate Rosemary Hall – Ann & George Colony Hall

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Location
Wallingford, CT
Project Type
Ground-Up
Duration
19 Months
Square Footage
50,000 sf
Partners
Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Colony Hall provides a versatile venue for community gatherings and performances, featuring a 1,070-seat auditorium for school-wide meetings and a variety of performances. The facility also includes a 100-seat recital hall with rehearsal space, practice rooms, classrooms, a percussion studio, and a green room. Open staircases connect the auditorium’s balcony to a dance studio on the upper floor, which overlooks the Great Lawn. Rehearsal and performance spaces can serve as classrooms, and a third-level entrance leads to a woodland path. Colony Hall has achieved LEED® Gold certification.

Recognition

  • 2021 Conn Green Building Council Green Building Awards Institutional Award of Merit
Exterior of George Colony Hall
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Large auditorium and stage George Colony Hall
© Peter Aaron/OTTO
Students practicing instruments in private rooms in George Colony Hall
© Peter Aaron/OTTO
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Exterior of George Colony Hall
Large auditorium and stage George Colony Hall
Students practicing instruments in private rooms in George Colony Hall