Museum design connects art, architecture, and nature
Three recent examples show how landscape views enhance exhibit space.
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Three recent examples show how landscape views enhance exhibit space.
When it opens in late 2025, the Home Court will be the first completed space on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. Located on the southwest corner of the 19.3-acre Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, the Home Court will be the largest gathering space on the campus. Renderings recently have been released of the 45,000-sf multipurpose sports facility and events space designed by Moody Nolan.
Kansas City’s new Sobela Ocean Aquarium is a world-class facility home to nearly 8,000 animals in 34 habitats ranging from small tanks to a giant 400,000-gallon shark tank.
In Norfolk, Va., the Chrysler Museum of Art’s Perry Glass Studio, an educational facility for glassmaking, will open a new addition in May. That will be followed by a renovation of the existing building scheduled for completion in December.
Ennead Architects (Design Architect) together with KSS Architects (Architect of Record) are designing the project.
David Chipperfield Architects Berlin designed the project.
Renzo Piano Building Workshop designed the project.
The museum will open on Nov. 12.
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo will operate the facility.
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The museum has outgrown its location on the Southbank of Downtown Jacksonville.
The project is slated to break ground in late August.
A new white paper from Walter P Moore offers an in-depth review of the flood protection process and proven approaches.
The new space occupies the museum’s third floor.