New World Center

Format
Brief

City
Miami Beach

State/Province
FL

Country
USA

Metro Area
Miami

Project Type
Special Use

Location Type
Other Central City

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Education
Open space

Keywords
Concert hall
Performance space
ULI Awards for Excellence 2011 Winner
Urban park

Site Size
3.75 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2008

Date Opened
2010

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The New World Center concert hall has helped usher in a new development model, turning the traditional concert hall — with its orderly rows and grand décor — inside out. Establishing new connections among architecture, technology, education, and culture, the Frank Gehry-designed glass-and-steel box contains the free-flowing theater space, while the front facade doubles as a 7,000-square-foot (650-m²) projection wall, displaying concerts and video art to patrons in an adjacent 2.5-acre (one-ha) urban park. Known as the Miami Beach Soundscape, this outdoor venue brings classical music and performance to an audience beyond the formal environs of most symphony halls.

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Developer/Owner
New World Symphony
Miami Beach, FL

Design Architect (Building)
Gehry Partners, LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Design Architect (Park)
West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
B. V. Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Website
www.newworldcenter.com

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Adrienne Schmitz, Annie Finkenbinder-Best

ULI Awards for Excellence 2011 Winner