Rock and roll hall of fame architecture

Q: What is the shape of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Architect I.M. Peis design of the glass-faced main building, which faces the downtown skyline, uses a pyramid shape to invoke the image of a guitar neck rising to the sky, while Key Plaza resembles a turntable. The Rock Hall opened on Labor Day weekend 1995.

LERA was the structural engineer for the 143,000-sf (13,000-sm) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, containing exhibition space, a cantilevered auditorium, a disc jockey booth, office space, a museum shop, a café and outdoor terrace and a public plaza.

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This facility combines geometric forms and cantilevered spaces, including 50,000 sf (4,600 sm) of exhibition space beneath a soaring “glass tent” spanning 260 ft (80-m) that engages an 8-story, 165-ft.(50-m) tower containing the Hall of Fame. This project was completed on a fast-track schedule.

On the lakeside, the tower meets the water, requiring construction of concrete caps poured over steel piles that extend into the bedrock. The 125-seat theater cantilevers 65 ft out from the tower over the surface of Lake Erie, 60 ft above the lake surface.

Location

Cleveland, OH

Client

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Architect

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Awards

National Engineering Award of Excellence, 1997

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

Innovative Design and Excellence in Architecture

with Steel, 1997

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

Merit Award, 1997

The Concrete Industry Board, Inc. (CIB)

PAU to Design Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Expansion in Downtown Cleveland

Courtesy of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced that Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has won the competition to design its expansion in downtown Cleveland. Designed to help preserve rock and roll history, the extension includes internal and external gathering spaces for the community to learn and celebrate together. Serving as a connector to the Great Lakes Science Center, the expansion will bring more space for visitors, concerts and community events.

Courtesy of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

The land can accommodate approximately 65,000 square-feet of museum expansion. The project shows the Hall’s "unwavering faith in the future of both the genre of Rock and the City of Cleveland" as the expansion aims to bring more visitors to the region, create more jobs at the Rock Hall, and stimulate the economy. “Rock and Roll—like NASA and pizza—brings us together like few other cultural phenomena at this moment when our nation needs to come together,” said Vishaan Chakrabarti, Founder and Creative Director of PAU. “We are beyond ecstatic to have been selected by the Rock Hall to design the expansion of I.M.Pei’s heart of glass. This is PAU’s stairway to heaven.”

Courtesy of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, James Corner Field Operations

The Rock Hall kicked off a process last year for a dramatic Museum redesign hat would bolster its library, provide new or enhanced experiences, and modernize its infrastructure by adding to its existing 150,000 square-feet:

additional 10,000 square feet for large-scale traveling exhibits
open space for event & education programming
on-site archives for visitors to access our unique collection
creation of museum campus with the neighboring science center
lakefront gathering place for Cleveland residents and Museum visitors
interactive learning classrooms
event spaces for indoor performances, community gatherings and private rentals
on-site archives so visitors can access our unique pieces

Courtesy of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

After submitting an RFQ to 22 firms, the Hall unanimously selected PAU, along with their partners James Corner Field Operations, Cooper Robertson, and L’Observatoire International. The team will be working with Robert Madison Int’l/DLR as the architect of recrod. With the Rock Hall, PAU will develop schematic designs throughout 2021, and construction will launch in early 2022.

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Who designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame building?

I. M. PeiRock & Roll Hall of Fame / Architectnull

What is the shape of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Architect I.M. Pei's design of the glass-faced main building, which faces the downtown skyline, uses a pyramid shape to invoke the image of a guitar neck rising to the sky, while Key Plaza resembles a turntable. The Rock Hall opened on Labor Day weekend 1995.

What is special about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

The museum documents the history of rock music and the artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have influenced its development. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established on April 20, 1983, by Ahmet Ertegun, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records.

What genres are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

And this is the construct the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame works with. If rock and roll is the trunk of the tree and genres like blues, jazz, gospel and country the roots, hip hop rightfully takes its place in the branches alongside genres like heavy metal, punk, new wave, alternative and progressive.