Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Addition, Kansas City, Missouri

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Addition
Designer Steven Holl Architects, New York, New York, USA
Architect of Record BNIM, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Location Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Date 1999 to 2007
Building Type Museum
Construction System Concrete, steel, etched glass
Climate Warm Temperate
Context Suburban
Architectural Style Deconstructivist Modern
Street Address 4525 Oak Street Walk Score
Notes Also known as the Bloch Building. Addition to the 1933 Nelson-Atkins Museum Building.

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Building Details
Client Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Cost $200 million US (expansion and renovation)
Area 165,000 square feet (15,300 square meters)
Stories 5
Height 42 feet above grade; 32 feet below
Length 840 feet long
Site 22 acres
Program  
  • Permanent Collection Galleries: 99,555 sf
  • Special Exhibition Galleries: 11,648 sf
  • Education & Program Areas: 22,463 sf
  • Conservation Facilities: 3,300 sf, with additional 2,600 sf planned.
  • Storage Facilities: 7,481 sf
  • Reflecting pool: 134 x 161-foot, 120,000 gallons
  • Parking structure: 463 spaces


[edit] Creators Words

"The ambitious project encompasses renovation of the original 1933 Nelson-Atkins building, the multidisciplinary reinstallation of the Museum’s vast encyclopedic collection, and construction of the new building, designed by internationally renowned architect Steven Holl. In addition, the Sculpture Park that surrounds the buildings will be expanded and re-landscaped to integrate with the addition and incorporate new sculptures into the grounds.

"The addition is folded into the landscape of the Nelson-Atkins campus and runs 840 feet along the sloping eastern edge of the Sculpture Park. Five “lenses” of glass rise from the landscape, serving as a prime light source for the new building and shaping exterior spaces within the park. Traversing from the existing building across its sculpture park, the five built "lenses" form new spaces and angles of vision. From the movement through the landscape and threaded between the light openings, exhilarating new experiences of the existing Museum will be formed. Circulation and exhibition merge as one can look from one level to another, from inside to outside. Glass lenses bring different qualities of light to the galleries while the sculpture garden's pathways wind through them. The interior of the building, linked with stairways and ramps, encourages a natural flow throughout the long structure, allowing visitors to look from one level to another, from inside to outside. The "meandering" path in the sculpture garden above has its sinuous compliment in open flow through the continuous level of new galleries." - Susan Grant Lewin Associates

[edit] Project Team

  • design architects: Steven Holl, Chris McVoy
  • partner-in-charge: Chris McVoy
  • project architects: Martin Cox, Richard Tobias
  • project team: Gabriela Barman-Kraemer, Matthias Blass, Molly Blieden, Elsa Chryssochoides, Robert Edmonds, Simone Giostra, Annette Goderbauer, Mimi Hoang, Makram el-Kadi, Edward Lalonde, Li Hu, Justin Korhammer, Linda Lee, Fabian Llonch, Stephen O’Dell, Susi Sanchez, Irene Vogt, Urs Vogt, Christian Wassmann
  • local architect: Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell Architects (BNIM Architects), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • structural engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
  • associate structural engineer: Structural Engineering Associates
  • mechanical engineer: Ove Arup & Partners with W.L. Cassell Associates
  • glass consultant: R.A. Heintges & Associates
  • lighting consultant: Renfro Design Group
  • landscape architect: Gould Evans and Olin Partnership
  • artist: Walter De Maria


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  • "Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art," by by Leigh Christy, ArchitectureWeek No. 348, 2007.0905, pD1.1.
  • Steven Holl Architects. Press materials in MS Word format. Viewed on 2007.0727 by Dowen.

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