△ Night aerial view
△ North facade at night
The Houston Museum of Art, designed by Steven Hall Architects, is dedicated to modern and contemporary art collections. The building spans three floors and covers approximately 22,038 square meters. The upper two floors, along with the entrance and two underground pedestrian tunnels, offer about 9,510 square meters of exhibition space.
△ Aerial view showcasing Japanese landscaping
The project’s functional area totals around 17,050 square meters, with 56% dedicated to artwork display. The museum also includes a 215-seat theater. The underground parking area occupies 4,987 square meters.
△ West facade
△ West facade
Notable features of the museum include a restaurant and café overlooking the Lily and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, designed by Isamu Noguchi. Two pedestrian tunnels connect the existing Jinde Building galleries with the museum and the Grassell Art Institute.
△ Sculpture Garden
△ Interior landscape installations featuring rocks, tree roots, and water elements
△ West facade water installation: Byung Hoon Choi’s academic journey
△ First floor exhibition hall
△ Courtyard
View towards the atrium from the exhibition hall
△ Three-story atrium
△ Latin American Art Exhibition Hall
△ Second floor Modern and Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall
Jason Salavon’s artwork titled “Infinite Small & Infinity”
△ Trenton Doyle Hancock’s “Color Flash for Chat and Chew Paris Texas in Seventy-Two”
Ai Weiwei’s “Dragon Reflection” (2019-20)
Lynn Wyatt Theater located in the basement level
The installation “Sometimes an Underground Movement is an Illuminated Bridge Tunnel” (2020) by Ólafur Elíasson
The installation “Cromosaturación MFAH Paris 1965 Houston 2017” by Carlos Cruz-Diez
Project Information
Project Type: Museum
Location: Houston, USA
Architectural Design: Steven Hall Architects
Year Completed: 2020
Photography: Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Lead Architect: Steven Holl
Responsible Partner: Chris McVoy
Senior Partner: Olaf Schmidt
Partner: Filipe Taboada
Intermediate Architect: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. | Houston, Laurence C. Burns, Jr.; Saman Ahmadi, Principals
Restaurant Architect: Steven Harris, Principal, in collaboration with Lucien Rees Roberts
Landscape Architects: Deborah Nevins & Associates in collaboration with Nevins & Benito Landscape Architecture, D.P.C. | New York, Deborah Nevins; Mario Benito, Principals
Project Management: Matthew Snellgrove, Legends
Structural Engineer: Cardno Haynes Whaley; Guy Nordenson and Associates
Mechanical Engineer: ICOR Associates
Civil Engineer: Walter P. Moore & Associates
Climate Engineer: Transsolar
Lighting Consultant: L’Observatoire International
Cost Estimation: Venue Cost Consultants
Facade Consultant: Knippers Helbig
Glass Supplier: Gartner Permasteelisa
LEED Manager: Loring Engineers
Waterscape Designer: Waterscapes
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