After a seven-month international search, Arts South Australia and competition organizers Malcolm Reading Consultants have named New York–based Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) and Australian firm Woods Bagot the winners of a design competition for a new arts facility in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Situated at the edge of the Botanic Garden and near the Art Gallery of South Australia, the museum and its sculpture park will become a focal point for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the country.

DS+R and Woods Bagot’s scheme, which the designers call a “soft beacon” on the city’s North Terrace, follows the sloping grade of the site. By day, the structure will reflect the sky; at night, the galleries will glow from within, offering glimpses of the collection to passersby. The plan includes significant exhibition space as well as a performance lab, floating “sky galleries” on the top floor, and a suspended rooftop garden that recalls the area’s pre-colonial landscape.