Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic announced the acceleration of the comprehensive renovation of David Geffen Hall. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects ? Partners, the building is scheduled to re-open to the public in Fall 2022, nearly two years earlier than previously announced. 
Photo credit: Diamond Schmitt.
The design team consists of Diamond Schmitt Architects, led by Gary McCluskie, on the theater; Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects ? Partners, led by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, on all of the public spaces; acoustician Paul Scarbrough of Akustiks; and theater designer Joshua Dachs of Fisher Dachs Associates. Turner Construction Company is serving as construction manager, and the firms Kohler Ronan and Thornton Tomasetti are providing engineering services. ?We?re thrilled that the accelerated construction will bring audiences into the new hall almost two years early.  The fast-track process will immediately support the community with needed jobs and also play an active role in the City?s arts recovery in the fall of 2022.  The Geffen Hall project is focused on design and artistic excellence and builds on our experience in designing versatile, visually striking, and acoustically flawless performance spaces?from La Maison Symphonique de Montréal and the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, to Mariinsky II in St. Petersburg.  Our design for the new Geffen Hall audito...