View Image: Architect Rafael Vinoly lifts the veil off of the main model.An overhead view of the center is projected above the main model.Rafael Vinoly unveils his design to the public.
April 1998: RPAC and Viñoly unveil the Center's design to the press and public
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Viñoly's innovative design treats as free-standing buildings the two main performance venues -- a 2,500-seat dedicated concert hall for The Philadelphia Orchestra and a flexible 650-seat theater. Both are enclosed beneath a dramatic, barrel-vaulted glass roof, so that the space that flows between and around them becomes an indoor plaza.

The project is further vitalized by an additional $3 million gift from Sidney Kimmel.