Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
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| Location | Providence, RI |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′42″N 71°24′05″W / 41.82828°N 71.40148°W |
| Owner | Brown University |
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| Broke ground | May 21st, 2009 |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Construction cost | $38 million |
| Architect | Diller Scofidio + Renfro |
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The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts (known simply as the Granoff Center colloquially[1]) is a visual and performing arts facility at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The building is home to the Brown Arts Institute.[2]
Designed by New York–based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the building includes at 218-seat auditorium, as well as various other performance and exhibition spaces. The 38,000 square foot building is notable for its split facade: its right side is sunken half a floor below its left side, creating a disjointed effect.[3]
The building's construction cost was $38 million.[4] The building is named for Perry and Martin Granoff, the primary benefactors of its construction.[5]
In a 2011 article published after the center's opening, New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff described the building as a "handsome piece of architecture" that "creates wonderful visual relationship."[3]
Performing Arts Center
In February 2018, the University announced plans to construct the Lindemann Performing Arts Center adjacent to the Granoff Center.[6] According to the Brown Daily Herald, the new Performing Arts Center is intended to serve as a performance–focused counterpart to Granoff, which functions as a “laboratory space.”[7]
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