It’s not quite the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but it will come close enough to stir a visitor’s imagination just the same. Herzog & de Meuron’s design for the new Miami Art Museum (MAM) aims to produce a living building where the outdoors come inside to frame galleries that bridge continents and cultures.
When the new $220 million facility opens in 2011, it promises to transform a four-acre plot in a neglected park on the city’s downtown waterfront into a major museum complex. The design draws from the Swiss duo’s approach of analyzing the needs of a city, a site, and an institution—the result offers a civic space where community, nature, art, and architecture are harmoniously united.
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