梅兰芳大剧院是一座承载着中国传统艺术精髓和几代京剧人期待的为京剧量身订做的演出场所。设计采用了“承载传统文化的现代建筑”的理念和原则。即把建筑当作一种“容器”，是一座承载传统文化精髓的容器。建筑设计以“无”为有，突出展示了传统文化内涵的第二层次，在这一表达理念的控制下，设计采用了集建筑师、艺术家、室内设计师、幕墙专家协同创作的方式来完成这一创作目标。主题墙面采用了以中国五代时期出现的“折技花鸟”技法为源泉的散点镂空木雕布局。经典中国绘画意象源于本土，传统木雕的手工艺语言涵盖了三百年京剧的灿烂内容，这种构成在朱砂大漆背景下，以一种金碧辉煌的视觉效果展现出来，清晰地表达了传统文化的内涵。在建筑的语汇上产生了皇城门钉的寓意，从远距相望，犹如面对一片巨大的棋阵和乳钉大门，寓意中国传统文化的大门由此开启。承载着传统剧目场景、京剧人物、器乐道具内容的精美木雕成为一部京剧文化的史书。

作为首座为京剧艺术量身定做的演出场所，设计着力在针对京剧观演模式的研究：彻底改变舞台台口区域的习惯设计，真假台口合二为一，为京剧乐队区域解放空间；独一无二的前舞台设置，创造了大型场所表演小型戏剧的可能性；针对京剧近视距观演特点和适应国内票房特点的全新观众厅设计，出于对创新的审慎态度，在国内演艺建筑设计中首次采用了1:1模型的验证过程。

Mei Lanfang Theatre is a tailored performance venue for Peking Opera which embodies the essence of traditional Chinese arts and expectations from generations of Peking Opera fans. The design adopts the concept of "modern architecture carrying traditional culture", that is, the building is designed to be a vessel that holds the essence of traditional culture. Highlighting the second layer of connotation of traditional culture, "nothing as something", architects, artists, interior designers and curtain wall specialists worked creatively together. The theme wall adopts a scattered pattern of wood carvings inspired by the "Zhe-Zhi-Hua-Niao" technique developed in the Five Dynasties period. Against the vermilion background, the imagery of classic Chinese painting and the language of traditional wood carving celebrate glamorously Peking Opera's 300 years of history and its connotation of traditional culture. Seeing from afar,the theme wall resembles both a chess board and giant doors with golden door nails, symbolizing the gate to traditional Chinese culture. The elegant wood carvings, with classic opera scenes, figures and stage props on top, tell the history of Peking Opera.

As the first performance venue tailored for Peking Opera, the design elaborates on the audience's experience: re-organized stage-apron area to release more space for the opera orchestra; unique fore-stage design to allow smaller shows in a large venue; auditorium catered for Peking Opera's closer-seats preference and domestic consumer habits; to be creative while rigorous, the design team tested with 1:1 model, being the first among domestic performance venues.