Lincoln Center by DS+R

On Wednesday, March 22, 2006, the renovation of New York's Lincoln Center at the corner of Broadway and Columbus Avenue began. The first phase will focus on a series of buildings from the 1960s by Harrison & Abramovitz. The $323 million renovation project was awarded two years ago to the New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Fox and Fowle Architects. The new project was best described by Liz Diller: "We imagine a Lincoln Center that is more Lincoln Center than Lincoln Center.“ More specifically, it could be said that the spirit of the 1960s buildings will be preserved, only some travertine and concrete areas will be replaced with glass. The completion of the first phase is scheduled for 2009. Following that, the Metropolitan Opera building and the New York State Theater by Philip Johnson will be modernized.