BMA, in collaboration with ELS and BOORA, won the competition to design the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, a $30 million project which includes the renovation of the 1927 Paramount Theater and the construction of two new ones.

The Paramount was refurbished and converted into a 2,750-seat concert hall. Across the street, the two new theaters are positioned side by side. The larger, a 900-seat venue, is an intimate Edwardian-style theater with two balcony levels. The 450-seat facility, in the tradition of English 'courtyard' theaters, is surrounded by three levels of balconies.

A multi-leveled lobby doubles as a large glass 'proscenium opening' and places the ticket holder, as he enters the lobby, in the actor's role-centerstage of a classical opera house. Between the Paramount and the new theaters, Main Street has been regarded and furnished with entry gates to create an exterior room that unifies the entire complex.