The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Project Location

Kansas City, MO, USA

Year of Completion

2007

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Yu YanFollow

Architect Location

Steven Holl

Owner

Bendheim, Tremco

Student Author

Yu Yan

Archived Year

12-18-2018

Climate

DFA

Application

glass

Material and its Properties

The threaded movement between the light-gathering lenses of the new addition weaves the new building with the landscape in a fluid dynamism based on a sensitive relationship to its context.

Architect Website

https://www.archdaily.com/4369/the-nelson-atkins-museum-of-art-steven-holl-architects

Recommended Citation

Yan, Yu, "The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art" (2007). Building Case Studies. 446.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/446