Alice Pratt Brown Hall (Houston, Texas)

USA / Texas / West University Place / Houston, Texas

Alice Pratt Brown Hall is a performing arts complex situated on the western side of the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Home to Rice's Shepherd School of Music, it houses the 1,000-seat Stude Concert Hall, the 250-seat Duncan Recital Hall, the Edythe Bates Old Grand Organ and Recital Hall, an opera studio, 65 practice rooms, seven classrooms, rehearsal and small ensemble spaces and 54 teaching studios.

Completed in 1991, the building was designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill. It Is named in honor of Alice Pratt Brown, wife of prominent Houston businessman George R. Brown and co-founder of the Brown Foundation.
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Coordinates:   29°42'58"N   95°24'17"W
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