Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed new galleries and public spaces as part of a revamp of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania.
The museum's new spaces will open to the public tomorrow on 7 May 2021 after a four-year-long renovation.
A sculptural staircase leads down to the Williams Forum
Called the Core Project, the renovation and extension encompassed 90,000-square-feet (8,360 square metres) including 20,000 square feet (1,850 metres) of new gallery space. The first stage of the renovation opened to the public in 2019.
Canadian-American architect Gehry led the process of redesigning the historic building on Fairmount hill.
The Lenfest Hall has been renovated
Designed by American architect Horace Trumbauer and his chief designer, African American architect Julian Abele, the museum first opened to the public in 1928. Frank Gehry worked with the same material used by the original architects, a golden limestone called Kasota stone, which is quarried in a small town in southern Minnesota.
Limestone lines the new Williams Forum
"The goal in all of our work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art has been to let the museum guide our hand," said Gehry.
"The brilliant architects who came before us created a strong and intelligent design that we have tried to respect, and in some cases accentuate," he added.
"Our overarching goal has been to create spaces for art and for people."
The new public space has a domes...