{"id":96326,"date":"2019-09-17T08:51:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=96326"},"modified":"2019-09-17T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:56:07","slug":"kennedy-center-expansion-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/kennedy-center-expansion-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center expansion is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96328\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Opener-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-96328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Opener-9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Reach at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts is now open. Image courtesy Steven Holl Architects\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Opener-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Opener-9-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Opener-9.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Reach at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts is now open.<\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Image courtesy Steven Holl Architects<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Reach at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/\">Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<\/a> in Washington, D.C., is now open. The expansion, designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenholl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Holl Architects<\/a>, adds rehearsal, education, and a range of flexible indoor and outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The design for the Reach merges architecture with the landscape to expand the dimensions of the living memorial of President John F. Kennedy. The landscape design includes a grove of 35 gingko trees (acknowledging the 35<sup>th<\/sup> President), and a reflecting pool and mahogany landscape deck are built in the same dimensions and mahogany boards of Kennedy\u2019s WWII boat.<\/p>\n<p>In complementary\/contrast to the original Kennedy Center building by Edward Durell Stone, the Reach\u2019s three pavilions are fused with the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>They are interconnected below green roofs to expand the Kennedy Center\u2019s interior space with 6689 m<sup>2<\/sup> (72,000 sf) of open studios, rehearsal and performance rooms, and arts learning spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reach at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., is now open. 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