Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has created an extension to the dockside MKM Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg, Germany.
The brick extension adds an additional 2,500 square metres of exhibition space to the MKM Museum Küppersmühle, which is located in a historic grain mill that was originally converted into a museum by Herzog & de Meuron in 1999.
Herzog & de Meuron has added an extension to MKM Museum Küppersmühle
Set on the dockside, the four-storey extension was informed by the museum's existing 19th-century buildings that line the waterfront.
"The extension accords with the sequence of impressive historical brick structures lining the dockside," said Herzog & de Meuron.
"Consequently, the new structure completes the existing museum and harbour basin in a visually appropriate way, and forms a suitable conclusion to the row of buildings along the harbour basin. The new project constitutes an integrating and complementary architecture." Two bridges connect the extension with the original museum
The extension contains additional gallery space for the museum, which displays an extensive collection of German and European post-war art.
In total, 35 brightly lit gallery spaces have been created over the four stories.

"Bricks on the outside, white cube on the inside," said the studio.
"The MKM extension combines industrial culture with contemporary museum architecture."
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