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VIRGINIA BEACH-Producer and singer, Pharell Williams of the Neptunes production team and the group N.E.R.D. is working on making a youth center in his native Virginia Beach along with renowned architect, Chad Oppenheim. Fastcodesign reports:

The N.E.R.D. front man has plans to build a $35 million, 30,000-square-foot youth center in his hometown, Virginia Beach. Designed by Chad Oppenheim of Miami-based Oppenheim Architecture + Design, it’s a futuristic tree house, of sorts, with glass-and-steel boxes jutting out from the canopy of a lush little forest. There, kids will be able get help on their homework, tinker in a digital music lab, and meet with mentors, among other activities. The Pharrell Williams Resource Center is slated for completion in 2013. It’s being built in partnership with the city of Virginia Beach.

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