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108 City of Sunny Isles Beach New Facility Qualifications for Architectural Design Services <br /> <br /> <br /> City Center <br /> West Palm Beach, Florida <br />Owner <br />City of West Palm Beach <br />Client / Design Architect <br />Michael Graves <br />Architect of Record <br />Song + Associates, Inc. <br />General Contractor <br />Catalfumo Construction <br />Completion Date <br />2009 <br />Construction Cost <br />$104 million <br />Total Area <br />600,000 sf (including parking garage) <br />Award <br />Public Project of the Year, Urban Land <br />Institute, Southeast Florida / Caribbean <br />Chapter, 2010 <br /> <br />Photo courtesy City of West Palm Beach <br /> <br />Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design for City Center, an award- <br />winning complex consisting of a six-story city hall with a 65-foot capitol dome, <br />a four-story museum and a five-story library with a vaulted ceiling that runs <br />the full length of the building. There is also a five-story enclosed precast <br />parking garage. A 13,500-square-foot auditorium, with a 63-foot clear span, <br />is on the ground floor of the city hall. <br />The structures for the city hall, museum and library, which total 250,000 <br />square feet, are of conventionally reinforced two-way flat slab construction to <br />achieve the maximum ceiling height, and still retain flexibility for future <br />interior design and room arrangement changes. <br />