Semple Brown is the Architect of Record and Collaborating Design Architect for the Ent Center, which will give the University of Colorado Colorado Springs its first purpose-built performing and visual arts center. Semple Brown has worked with UCCS since 2001 on multiple program plans leading to this 89,000 sf facility, which includes a 750-seat lyric theatre (with orchestra shell and flying capability); a 225-seat recital hall, a 250-seat flexible format theatre; a new home for the Gallery of Contemporary Art; and a 75-seat black box for the campus drama program.

The Ent Center for the Arts was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Buildings Council.

Collaborating Design Architect: H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture