BIG and William Rawn Associates reveal design for Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville

This week, new designs for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) were revealed, created by BIG, William Rawn Associates, and HASTINGS Architecture. Located on the East Bank of Nashville, right next to Nissan Stadium, TPAC will feature four separate venues: a Grand Broadway theater, a hall for dance and opera, a black box theater, and a cabaret lounge. The Nashville Ballet, Opera, and Repertory Theater are set to relocate there once it’s finished. OLIN will handle the landscaping, and the building’s exterior will have aluminum tubes designed to look like theater curtains. Construction is expected to start in 2027, with a planned opening in 2030, as part of the Nashville East Bank masterplan introduced in 2024, which also includes a new park and 1,550 homes.