Owner: Board of Governors
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Completion Date: 2001
Construction Cost: $20,190,552
Awards:
AIA, Jacksonville Chapter, Award of Merit, 2004
Florida Educational Facilities Planners Association, Inc., College / University, 2003
The University of North Florida Fine Arts Center is one of the signature structures on the UNF campus; it is a visible statement of the vitality, permanence, and life of the entire school. The facility includes a 1,440-seat proscenium performance theatre with an orchestra pit that is regularly used by the university’s award winning Jazz program, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and a number of national traveling companies. The center offers a flexible 200-seat recital hall that offers film and lecture series potential, a full stage-house, and a visual arts studio for students to exhibit drawings, paintings, and sculptures.