Historic Preservation · Performing Arts
Buckhead Theatre
Atlanta, Georgia
A comprehensive renovation and expansion restored an Atlanta movie palace while rebuilding it for contemporary performance, meeting, and event use.
- Original opening
- June 2, 1930
- Performance hall
- 1,200 seats
- Meeting space
- Approx. 9,000 SF
- Original architects
- Daniell & Beutell
The project
The Buckhead Theatre began as a Spanish Revival movie palace at the center of Buckhead life. Over subsequent decades it operated as the Capri Theatre, a cinema-and-drafthouse, and the Roxy concert venue before deterioration forced another reinvention.
Dunwody/Beeland’s three-story renovation restored the historic auditorium and introduced an addition for contemporary programming. The work replaced the building’s major systems, addressed current accessibility requirements, and integrated theatrical, audio/visual, and stage-rigging infrastructure.
The restored venue pairs its ornamental arches, balcony, plasterwork, and street-facing marquee with flexible event spaces. Independent technical documentation describes a facility able to support film, concerts, corporate presentations, private events, and combined programs across the auditorium and upper-level meeting rooms.
Research record
Sources and provenance
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