flowing with the Albuquerque Museum Addition/ Museum Ads Spaces Gets Updated Look

摘要

Entering the three-quarters- completed, 39,ooo-sq.-ft. addition of the Albuquerque Museum near the city's Old Town plaza, is like entering a picture. A fan-shaped naked steel canopy overhangs an informal flagstoned amphitheater. Sandstone accents, large glass windows, and huge cement columns create an unusually lively visual flow, yet hold together like the fingers on a glove. Simple perpendicular walls are hard to find, as are right-angled intersections. External stairs and corridors flow together through turns and rock accents that reflect the Old Town neighborhood of adobe corridors and twisting streets. Within the building, large rooms open into each other without the hindrance of conventional doorways. Stone walls sometimes extend from one room to the next to offer the eye a visual continuity. The new addition doubles the size of the museum. The museum has been a long-time favorite of Albuquerque residents, who enjoy the artwork and traveling exhibits. The original museum was designed by Antoine Predock.