Miami has a penchant for sumptuous performing-arts venues and the New World Center is certainly competing with the Arsht Center for most-impressive concert hall in the city. Designed by Frank Gehry, the Center rises majestically out of a manicured lawn just above Lincoln Rd, looking somewhat like a tissue box from the year 3000 with a glass facade; note the ‘fluttering’ stone waves that pop out of the exterior. The grounds form a 2½-acre public park; performances inside the center are projected to those outside via a 7000-sq-ft projection wall (like you’re in the classiest drive-in movie theater in the universe). Inside, the folded layers of white walls feel somewhere between organic and origami. Tours are led by docents; call ahead to book, as space is limited.
