Kennedy Center Plans $100 Million Expansion, New Design
The Kennedy Center expansion includes a floating outdoor stage and an outdoor video wall among other proposed innovations.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is undertaking a $100 million expansion to add education, rehearsal and additional performance spaces, in a design proposed by Steven Holl Architects. The initial $50 million gift to begin the endeavor comes from Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein. Though more formal plans will come in the following months, the Kennedy Center website describe's Holl's concept: "Steven Holl's initial concept for the project includes three connected pavilions that will house classrooms, rehearsal rooms, education for arts managers, lecture space, multipurpose rooms, and limited office space. In the initial concept, one pavilion will float on the Potomac River and offer an outdoor stage. Public …
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