The audience for the inaugural public concerts at the overhauled David Geffen Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center passed through a raised garage-style glass door and—instead of what had been a cramped, beige lobby—entered a soigné space, twice as large, furnished with serpentine couches and club chairs upholstered in orange, chartreuse, and bold stripes. Beyond this relaxed seating area, a digital artwork, entitled, “An Eclectic Dance to the Music of Time,” by artist Jacolby Satterwhite, played on a 50-foot wide high-definition video screen.
Lincoln Center, and the New York Philharmonic, its tenant, undertook this daunting $550-million gut renovation primarily to remedy the acoustic shortcomings of its auditorium, which had defeated the efforts of architects and consultants for decades. These welcoming architectural alterations suggest how radically the latest design team—Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects—has transformed the entire concert-hall experience.
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