Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed another stage in their massive overhaul of Lincoln Center: A new home for the famed Julliard School.

The new 45,000-square-foot development occupies the upper floors of the building that houses the recently completed Alice Tully Hall. Apropos of a school for the performing arts, the space puts all of its inhabitants on display, like a fish tank or a stage (depending on your perspective).

Maybe the best example is the main public space, a huge set of stairs that double as seating--which face out onto Broadway and turn the social life inside the building into a living tableaux:

And from across the street, the drama rises. A glass-walled dance studio looks cool enough from the inside...

... but actually, the best feature is the outside. The dance studio itself hangs from the underside of the building, and creates what amounts to a picture box and a free show for passersby:

The superb detailing throughout:

The beautiful, monolithic box office:

The cleverly designed public benches outside. Note how the backrest of the lower-level seats becomes the seatpan for the higher levels:

[Via Arch Daily, which has more images; all pictures by Iwan Baan, the all-star architectural photographer]