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Louis Armstrong Center
Louis Armstrong Center
Queens, Queens County, NY, United States
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Louis Armstrong Center
Queens, Queens County, NY, United States
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
The Center, a place for education, entertainment, and research, is the permanent home for the 60,000-piece Louis Armstrong Archive—the world's largest for any jazz musician—and a 75-seat venue for performances, lectures, films, community events, and education. It also features an exhibition that explores Armstrong’s five-decade career.
Located across from the existing House Museum, the 14,000-square-foot Center is the final piece of a larger campus that includes the home itself and Armstrong’s garden. Designed as an interpretation of Armstrong’s infinite love of music, guests are welcomed by a large canopy and front wall, creating an inviting urban forecourt that defines the building within the community. In a neighborhood comprising modest two-story houses, the Center is in proportion to its surroundings. The urban precinct notes the singular work of the man whose music underlies so much of what people listen to today. The Center simultaneously fits in and stands out—a paradox that reflects Armstrong’s life and work—recalling both the jazz and lyricism that were Armstrong’s leading achievements.
Inside, visitors move sequentially through greeting and exhibition spaces; daylight cuts in and out through the windows. A vast archival collection of recordings, manuscripts, and personal artifacts is housed on the second floor, along with a reading room for visiting researchers, offices for staff, and a conservator's workroom with a view of the tilted plane of a flowering green roof.
The Jazz Room—a deep-red-and-mahogany music room—honors Armstrong's legacy with live performances and open rehearsals that welcome visitors in this culminating space.
Located across from the existing House Museum, the 14,000-square-foot Center is the final piece of a larger campus that includes the home itself and Armstrong’s garden. Designed as an interpretation of Armstrong’s infinite love of music, guests are welcomed by a large canopy and front wall, creating an inviting urban forecourt that defines the building within the community. In a neighborhood comprising modest two-story houses, the Center is in proportion to its surroundings. The urban precinct notes the singular work of the man whose music underlies so much of what people listen to today. The Center simultaneously fits in and stands out—a paradox that reflects Armstrong’s life and work—recalling both the jazz and lyricism that were Armstrong’s leading achievements.
Inside, visitors move sequentially through greeting and exhibition spaces; daylight cuts in and out through the windows. A vast archival collection of recordings, manuscripts, and personal artifacts is housed on the second floor, along with a reading room for visiting researchers, offices for staff, and a conservator's workroom with a view of the tilted plane of a flowering green roof.
The Jazz Room—a deep-red-and-mahogany music room—honors Armstrong's legacy with live performances and open rehearsals that welcome visitors in this culminating space.
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