The Symphony Hall was the second major building to be designed in Dallas Arts District after the Art Museum. The 2000 seat concert hall could be acoustically tuned to accommodate a wide variety of performances ranging from solo recitals to full orchestra. Acoustical treatments include a 7.5 ton canopy overhead which can be adjusted, a reverberation chamber, two layers of acoustical curtains that wrap the space and sound and light locks.

There is also a 180 seat restaurant, prefunction spaces, a musicians' wing, administrative wing, parking and commissioned art by Eduardo Chillida and Ellsworth Kelly.