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A modern architectural building with a large outdoor plaza in front, numerous people walking and sitting, trees, and blue skies.
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Site plan of a mixed-use development including theaters, retail, school, hotel, museums, restaurants, residential buildings, parking garage, and open space with pedestrian pathways.
Night view of an outdoor public space with trees, market stalls, and a modern building with glass windows and vertical wooden slats, with people walking and shopping.
Night aerial view of a lively city square with a central fountain, surrounded by buildings with illuminated windows, outdoor seating under umbrellas, and crowds of people walking around.
Architectural floor plan of a theater and entertainment complex, showing various stages, theaters, a music room, retail spaces, and other facilities with labeled areas and measurements.

California Center For the Arts

Sacramento

The California Center of the Arts is a mixed-use performing arts and education campus envisioned as a cultural anchor for Sacramento's Railyard redevelopment. As Senior Designer, Wing Lee led the programming, conceptual design, and multidisciplinary design coordination for the project, shaping the vision from its earliest stages.

The development integrates four performance venues—a 1,500-seat theater, a 600-seat theater, a 200-seat flexible theater, and a 100-seat flexible theater—around the California Academy of the Arts, creating a collaborative environment where professional performing arts organizations, students, and the public converge through shared cultural experiences.

Residential units are positioned above the educational and retail components, fostering a vibrant live-work community within the emerging arts district. Inspired by the site's industrial heritage, the architecture reinterprets the historic railyard's material palette through a contemporary architectural language that reinforces the district's evolving identity.