SFMOMA

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	Museum of Modern Art
Designer	Mario Botta , Architect
Location	San Francisco, United States
Date	1995
Building Type	Museum
Construction System	Steel frame with brick clading.
Climate	Temperate
Context	Urban
Architectural Style	Postmodern
Street Address	151 Third Street Walk Score
Notes	An image-oriented design for a prominent building, a strictly symmetrical composition of Platonic masses with stripes.
At Great Buildings	http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/SFMOMA.html

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 2.1 SFMOMA Rooftop Garden 3 Maps 4 Reference 5 External Links

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Building Details
Awards	America's Favorite Architecture 2007; Ranked 109 of 150.

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Building Modification (2010)
	SFMOMA Rooftop Garden
Designer	Jensen Architects, San Francisco, California, USA
Date	to 2010
Modification Type	Addition
Building Type	Garden
Architectural Style	Modern
Builder	Vance Brown Builders

Building Details
Client	SFMOMA
Area	3,000 square feet
Awards	Recipient, 2011 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture.  Recipient - Honor Award - Excellence in Architecture, AIA San Francisco Awards 2010

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[edit] Reference

• "National AIA Awards", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 508, 2011.0223, p N1.1

[edit] External Links

• New Sacred Space, by Debra Moffitt, ArchitectureWeek No. 333, 2007.0509. p C1.1
• Building Type Basics for Museums at ArchitectureWeek
• Paper model of SFMOMA Building
• SFMOMA Rooftop Garden at AIA San Francisco 2010 Awards