Phoenix Art Museum Expansion
-Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Art Museum Expansion -

Phoenix, AZ


Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Area: 43,000 Sq.Ft.
Photo: Bill Timmerman
Completion Date: 2006

Awards
  • 2009 ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Award–Gold
  • A huge canopy draws attention to the relocated entrance of this addition for which Severud Associates also designed a new gallery and enclosed sculpture garden. The canopy’s tapering, cantilevered steel beams—supported by just two columns—appear to float above the glass-walled lobby. Using precast concrete elements for the gallery building reduced costs.