Ascend Amphitheater

Location

Nashville, TN

Architect

Hawkins Partners Inc. / Smith Gee Studio

Photographer

Aerial Innovations / EMC

Category
Civic Community, Entertainment / Sports, Recognitions
About This Project

2022 Pollstar Red Rocks Award for Best Outdoor Concert Venue

2017, one of six unique project finalists featured in World Architecture News, along with five other projects located throughout the world, for the Performing Spaces Award

2016 AIA Middle Tennessee Honor Award

2016 AIA Middle Tennessee Merit Award

2016 ULI Nashville Excellence in Development People’s Choice Award

2016 ULI Nashville Excellence in Development Award

2016 Pollstar Best New Major Concert Venue

2016 Academy of Country Music Venue of the Year (Medium Capacity)

2015 Nashville Downtown Partnership World Class Park (Riverfront Park)/Venue Award

Multiple structures located in Downtown Nashville including a new outdoor amphitheater with 60’-tall braced frames, 100’ long-span joists and trusses, and complex sloped roofs.  Six site buildings with load-bearing CMU walls and joists.  A 100’ x 30’ steel canopy for a VIP pavilion.