The Kimbell Art Museum’s original building, designed by Louis Kahn and opened to the public for the first time in 1972, has become a mecca of modern architecture. With the addition to the site of a second building, designed by Renzo Piano and scheduled to open in 2013, the Kimbell Art Foundation maintains its commitment to architectural excellence.
The Kimbell Art Museum is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding architectural achievements of the modern era.
Designed by the American architect Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974), the Museum has won wide acclaim for its classic modern building since its opening in 1972. Kahn’s innovative use of natural light and subtle articulation of space and materials greatly enhance the experience of the art.
Kahn envisioned a museum with “the luminosity of silver.”
In his design, “narrow slits to the sky” (as he described the skylights) admit natural light, which perforated metal reflectors disperse onto the underside of cycloid-shaped vaults and down the walls.
Courtyards, lunettes, and light slots vary the quality and intensity of the light.
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