這座視覺和表演藝術學校位於Grand Avenue上，將建造一座1000席的劇院和7座教學樓，提供1800名學生的教育空間，如果一切順利，學校將可於2009年9月開幕。
Coop Himmelb(l)au 的設計主要是保持教學上富有想像力的特性，即有趣又有未來感。金字塔般的玻璃和鋼結構入口歡迎學生入學，一條酷似滑水道的環線步行道從一座小高層頂部的教室彎曲而下。
Coop Himmelb(l)au用建築標誌來將藝術和洛杉磯的社團聯繫在一起。就像國際象棋一般，三座雕塑感十足的建築重新塑造了總體規劃中那種直角的安排方式。劇院頂部的彎曲坡道形似數字「9」，形成了極易識別的標誌。樓內設置了會議和展覽空間，在此可以俯瞰全城。
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Design for High School #9 realised as building completes
The design by Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au for the Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 for the visual and performing arts has completed and will open in September 2009 for the new term.
Central to the building is the suitably dramatic theatre which holds just short of 1,000 audience members and will be open to the public as well as the 1,800 students providing a public space which was previously lacking in the Grand Avenue area.
Each student is matriculated within one of four academies representing each of the arts disciplines, accordingly there are 4 separate classroom buildings as well as the theatre, the library and the cafeteria making up the seven building campus.
Coop Himmelb(l)au's design concept is to use architectural signs as symbols to communicate the commitment of the Los Angeles community to Art. Like chess figures three sculptural buildings, which relate to the context of downtown Los Angeles and the program, redefine spatially and energetically the otherwise orthogonal arrangement of the master plan. A Tower figure with spiralling ramp in the shape of the number 9 located on top of the theater's flyloft serves as a widely visible sign for the Arts in the city and a point of identification for the students. Inside the tower, an event, conference and exhibition space with a view across the city is planned to be located.
