The Afro-American Cultural Center of Charlotte is scheduled to break ground in December of 2007 on a new 44,000 square foot headquarters building in Charlotte's historic Brooklyn neighborhood.  The building, which was designed by the Freelon Group, will include exhibit areas, theatre, rooftop terrace, classrooms and atrium.  The building's design features vertical stitching identifying edges of quilt panels and defining the geometry on the front of the façade. This vertical and horizontal stitching pattern is carried around to the rear of the building. Paintings by the Mbuti people serve as inspiration for the concrete patterning on the North elevation. The building is scheduled to open in the Summer of 2009.