https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1415 en-us Museum expansions designed by prominent architects often result in a new main entrance to the addition’s grand (and new) lobby/party hall.

]]> virginia_museum.asp Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7503-virginia-museum-of-fine-arts The museum addition's masses and voids energize the east elevation as well as the new entrance elevation facing north. Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaThe museum addition's masses and voids energize the east elevation as well as the new entrance elevation facing north.Photo © Bilyana Dimitrova A limestone rainscreen alternates with glass on the west facade, where the caf' and restaurant overlook the sculpture garden. Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaA limestone rainscreen alternates with glass on the west facade, where the caf' and restaurant overlook the sculpture garden.Photo © Bilyana Dimitrova The new 14-foot-high galleries have oak floors. Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaThe new 14-foot-high galleries have oak floors.Photo © Bilyana Dimitrova The atrium window, 40 feet high and 70 feet wide, faces a main boulevard. Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaThe atrium window, 40 feet high and 70 feet wide, faces a main boulevard.Photo © Bilyana Dimitrova Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaImage courtesy Rick Mather Architects + SMBW Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaImage courtesy Rick Mather Architects + SMBW Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRick Mather + SMBW Richmond, VirginiaImage courtesy Rick Mather Architects + SMBW Not long ago, the ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, was like many of the objects it houses: an antique earthen-ware vessel, astonishing for what it was in its day, but not something that worked well for everyday use in modern times.

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