2024-10-30T18:16:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150452300/william-rawn-associates-selected-for-sarasota-music-center-design Josh Niland 2024-10-30T10:43:00-04:00 >2024-10-30T10:46:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/45/45d3aa7d25008e995abd754c8222edde.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/8363993/william-rawn-associates-architects-inc" target="_blank">William Rawn Associates</a> has released its initial concept plan for the future Sarasota Orchestra Music Center in Sarasota, Florida. This project expands on the firm&rsquo;s award-winning portfolio of performing arts spaces that dates to its 1983 founding and includes two venues for the Boston Symphony Orchestra&rsquo;s Tanglewood campus.&nbsp;</p> <p>The selection committee was thus impressed with the firm&rsquo;s "listening first" philosophy and the ability of the team presentation led by principal Cliff Gayley to address seven key criteria. Work on the project&rsquo;s development phase has already begun and will continue with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/4398903/hks-inc" target="_blank">HKS</a> joining on as its executive architect. The firm says its new Music Center will be the first space purpose-built for acoustic music in the Sarasota region. The historic nearby Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall was recently closed indefinitely after sustaining a <a href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/van-wezel-performing-arts-hall-damaged-during-hurricane-milton-repairs-could-cost-around-7m" target="_blank">reported $7 million</a> worth of damage during Hurricane Milton.</p>