The new extension of the J. F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., also known as The REACH, is located in the immediate vicinity of the White House and the Washington Monument. The existing cultural center for the performing arts was built back in the 1970s and has now been expanded for the first time. Along with an extensive underground building complex with underground car park, rehearsal and theater rooms, three above ground pavilions have been built which will accommodate event and catering spaces. A characteristic feature of these new buildings are the curved edges with hard angles and flat or sloping roofs. The pavilions are inter-connected under the green roofs and literally blend with the surrounding landscape. To the south of the existing building, the Entrance Pavilion welcomes students, staff and visitors. To the west and south, the glass façade provides illumination of the entire building at night.

The surface of the titanium-white concrete pavilions appears almost seamless from a distance, but a closer look reveals the size and structure of the formwork panels. Up to four PVB foils (Vanceva artic snow) have been used as an interlayer and various types of finishing procedures have been applied for the glass façade to achieve an extremely mat finish of the three pavilions. For the façade panels, special glass types were used depending on the desired properties (e.g. heat strengthened low iron glass ultraclear or toughened safety glass H low iron) as well as a number of finishing techniques such as etching, sandblasting, partial sandblasting, perforations or anti-slip printing. Construction and installation have been particularly challenging due to the specific design of the concrete structures, the lengths of the façades and the spans of the concrete parts. Specific flexible tolerance compensation profiles were used to compensate for any large tolerances that might arise. Steel: wet paint RAL 7045, aluminum: powder-coated RAL 7045.