Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Building UC Davis, University of California Building, Sacramento Architecture
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Building, UC Davis
Californian Gallery Building, USA – design by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson architects
Nov 8, 2016
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
Design: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, architects / SO – IL, architects
Location: Davis, California, USA
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Announces the Opening of the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis
San Francisco, CA (November 7, 2016) – Associated architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and SO – IL announce the opening of their collaborative design effort at UC Davis, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, which opens its doors to the public on November 13. In keeping with the free-thinking, experimental legacy of the UC Davis School of Art, the light-filled, multiuse building is designed to further the educational mission of the museum.
Photos: Iwan Baan / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
As a new focal point and destination for the entire community, the Manetti Shrem completes UC Davis’ vision for an arts district on the south side of campus, complementing the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. It will be home to rotating collections of works, classes, studios and shared communal spaces, all housed under its defining architectural feature, a 50,000-square-foot floating ‘Grand Canopy’ of perforated aluminum triangular beams.

Under the canopy,...