Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Designer Moshe Safdie
Location Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Date to 2011
Building Type Museum
Climate Subtropical
Context Suburban
Architectural Style Expressionist Modern
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Client Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art/ Walton Family Foundation
Area 93,000 square feet (8,640 square meters)
Stories 2
Site 120 acres


"Crystal Bridges is both a museum and a cultural center. The project is located in a ravine with a creek fed by Crystal Springs. Two suspended-cable-and-wood buildings span the ravine, creating two ponds. These structures serve as dams as well as bridges. The design aims to protect the natural beauty of the site while emphasizing a strong sense of place, and certain materials – wood, fieldstone and limestone aggregate – are drawn from the region. [...] The museum comprises a number of independent structures that form a series of pavilions over and alongside the ponds. The two bridge buildings are located at opposite ends of the north pond. Galleries are contained in the Gallery Bridge while reception, dining and hospitality facilities are housed in the Entry Bridge." -- Safdie Architects


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  • Architect: Safdie Architects, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
    • Moshe Safdie, FAIA, Design Principal; Hugh Phillips, RA, Principle in Charge; Matthew Longo, AIA, Project Manager; Edward Stansea, Project Architect; Isaac Franco, AIA; Warren Mathison, AIA; Chris Mulvey; Howard Bloom; Rindala Awad, RA; Andrea Morton; Jeff Brown; Jane Zimmerman
  • Interior Designer: Safdie Architects, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
  • Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
  • MEP and Fire Protection Engineer: Buro Happold
  • Civil Engineer: CEI Engineering Associates, Inc.
  • Specialty Foundation Engineer: Schnabel Engineering
  • Landscape Consultants: Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, USA; Howell & Vancuren, Inc.
  • Lighting Consultant: Lam Partners Inc.
  • Acoustical Consultant: Acentech Inc.
  • Code Consultant: Shirmer Engineering Corporation
  • Security and AV/IT Consultant: Ducibella Venter & Santore
  • Food Services Consultant: Hammer Design Associates, Inc.
  • Hardware Consultant: Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies
  • General Contractor: LNJV, a joint venture of Linbeck Group, LLC and Nabholz Construction Services

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