Omaha Performing Arts, Steelhouse Omaha

As part of O-pa’s arts and entertainment campus expansion, this live music venue provides flexible entertainment spaces and programming opportunities that embrace O-pa’s mission to enrich the community and support the evolving community needs.

Details

  • Year2023
  • LocationOmaha, NE
  • Size103,200 GSF
  • Program3,000-person live music venue, lounge, terrace, courtyard, lobby

Team

  • Ennead Design TeamStephen PD Chu, Timothy Hartung, Molly McGowan, Francelle Lim, Gary Anderson, Peter Broughton, Eileen Dirks, Alfonso Gorini, Jennifer Heon, Edward Kim, Cameron Livdahl, Marcus Miller, David Monnar, Maayan Perez, Yong Roh, Trevor Hollyn Taub, Suzanne Troiano, Charles Wolf
  • Architect-of-RecordHolland Basham Architects

Awards

  • 2025IIDA Great Plains
  • 2024USITT Architecture Awards, Merit Award
  • Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
  • AIA Nebraska, Design Excellence Detail, Monumental Stair
  • AIA Nebraska, People’s Choice Interior Architecture
  • AIA Nebraska, People’s Choice Detail: Steelhouse Monumental Stairs
  • American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Texas 2024 Engineering Excellence Award, Gold Medal for Structural Systems.
  • 2023Award of Outstanding Achievement for the use of concrete in the State of Nebraska