How can anyone forget Snarkitecture's giant monochromatic ball pit that took over the National Building Museum's Great Hall last summer? Following a wildly successful run that attracted a record-breaking 160,000 visitors, The BEACH is making a comeback at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida starting August 5. Plus, general admission is free! 

Photos by Noah Kalina.

It also looks like the installation is coming back bigger than before, spanning 15,000 square feet with a 75-foot-wide “shoreline”, and comprising 1.2 million of the antimicrobial plastic balls. The NBM version was 10,000 square feet, and its more than 650,000 plastic balls were reused in Hou de Sousa's winning design of the Dupont Underground's Re-Ball! competition. No word as of yet if and how the Tampa installation will be recycled.

If you plan on diving into the ball pit at the arena, keep a close watch on your loose belongings when “splashing” around. The Tampa Bay Times writes that more than 1,000 items were lost at the NBM, including phones, Fitbits, and even an engagement ring (which was fortunately recovered). 

The Beach Tampa will be open until August 25. You can learn more and reserve tickets here.

But if ball pits aren't your thing, there's this going on in Seattle.

h/t Tampa Bay Times

Previously on Archinect:

Snarkitecture's 10,000 sq ft indoor BEACH at the National Building Museum

The BEACH to be reincarnated in arts competition for D.C.'s Dupont Underground initiative