The Vero Beach Museum of Art (VBMA) today unveiled design plans for its new expanded home and transformed campus in Riverside Park, along the Indian River Lagoon on Florida’s Treasure Coast. Developed by the architecture and design firm Allied Works in collaboration with Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture & Urban Design, the VBMA’s new two-story, 90,000-square-foot building comprises a series of walled gardens, terraces, and courtyards for art viewing and making, interweaving art and nature and blurring the line between the Museum and the park. With more than double the exhibition space, a dedicated education wing with purpose-built studios, and a flexible auditorium and community room, the project advances VBMA’s mission to serve as a dynamic and welcoming arts center for the Vero Beach community and for visitors from throughout the region and country. Since opening in 1986 as an arts education center, VBMA has ev