Rock & Roll Hall of Fame expanding

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland on Friday released designs for a $100 million renovation and expansion, which would grow the museum’s footprint by a third with a dramatic addition to the original I.M. Pei building.

The Rock Hall announced that the architecture firm PAU will lead the project, which will bring

50,000 square feet of programming space and a new band shell overlooking the shore of Lake Erie. The triangular addition will resemble a guitar pick slicing into the base of the original waterfront pyramid, which opened in 1995.

Vishaan Chakrabarti, the architecture firm’s founder, will oversee the expansion with assistance from design firms including Cooper Robertson, James Corner Field Operations and L’observatoire International.

“Our theme for the project is The Clash,” said Chakrabarti, who also serves as dean for the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. He said the new design has “a sense of grit” that is in line with the rebelliousness of rock ’n’ roll.

The desire to create a campus around the Rock Hall originated about five years ago, its president and CEO, Greg Harris, said. The hall hoped to add space for exhibitions and events, as well as offices with a view of the water.

“We wanted to host exhibitions like the Brooklyn Museum’s David Bowie show, but we just didn’t have the space,” Harris said. “We want to give our audiences the giant wow moment that you would expect from a place of our magnitude.”