BIG and William Rawn Associates unveil design for Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville
This week, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) revealed its new designs by BIG and William Rawn Associates. Located on the East Bank of Nashville, right next to Nissan Stadium, TPAC will feature four distinct venues: a Grand Broadway theater, a hall for dance and opera, a black box theater, and a cabaret lounge. Once finished, the Nashville Ballet, Opera, and Repertory Theater will relocate here. The landscape architecture is being handled by OLIN, with HASTINGS Architecture also involved. The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge will provide access. Construction is expected to start in 2027, with the center set to open in 2030, as part of the Nashville East Bank masterplan introduced in 2024, which includes a park and 1,550 homes.
Key facts
- TPAC designed by BIG and William Rawn Associates
- Located on Nashville's East Bank across Cumberland River
- To house Nashville Ballet, Opera, and Repertory Theater
- Features four performance spaces including Grand Broadway theater
- Facade designed with aluminum tubes resembling theater curtains
- Construction begins 2027, opens 2030
- Part of Nashville East Bank masterplan by Perkins Eastman
- Access via John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge
Entities
Artists
- Bjarke Ingels
- Thomas Christoffersen
- Shakira
Institutions
- BIG
- William Rawn Associates
- HASTINGS Architecture
- OLIN
- Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC)
- Nashville Ballet
- Nashville Opera
- Nashville Repertory Theater
- Tennessee Titans
- Perkins Eastman
- BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
- Tennessee Performing Arts Center
- Nashville Repertory Theatre
- Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
- SCAPE
Locations
- Nashville
- Tennessee
- United States
- Cumberland River
- East Bank
- Broadway Street
- Nissan Stadium
- Cumberland Park
- Suzhou
- China
- Jinji Lake
- Norwalk