The result is vertical lines that reference Still’s paintings. The custom concrete formulation, which was developed by the Martin Marietta Corp, provides a distinctive variety of surface relief and texture to the design. Bruce Damonte. Embrace the minimal, geometric and open spaces of modern architecture's most iconic structures. Clyfford Still Museum. 11. the ceiling’s fluid brise-soleil pattern introduces light into the galleries, strategically varying in intensity to respond to the art within. Manufacturers: Sign up now to learn how you can get seen by the world’s top architecture firms. 29 - Clyfford Still Museum | Architect Magazine. keep up with our daily and weekly stories, tall bookshelf arcs organize mesmerizing bookstore interior by x+living in china, 'forum' landmark proposal in california encourages engagement with local community, zaha hadid architects reinterprets hong kong orchid tree for '2 murray road' tower, MVRDV completes mirrored public art depot with rooftop garden in rotterdam, reitsema & partners transform 50-year-old villa into contemporary sustainable house, allied works wraps national veterans memorial & museum with concrete ribbons in ohio, canada's national music centre by allied works takes shape in calgary, allied works spirals veterans memorial and museum in ohio, teams unveil proposals for obama's hawaii presidential center, interview: KPF's james von klemperer on the design of new york's 'one vanderbilt', avignon-clouet architects builds summer house with removable roof in france, bangkok project studio builds 'elephant museum' in thailand out of handmade bricks, bangkok project studio / boonserm premthada (4), rotterdam's culture campsite lets you sleep in quirky cabins made of upcycled materials. Saunders Construction created the building’s fins by beveling some of the Hem-Fir formwork boards. On the ground floor, a flush, rough-sawn pattern makes the vertical planes appear as rough pillars, while along the street the ridges are tightly spaced to address the western sun. There are a few reasons why this might happen: After completing the CAPTCHA below, you will immediately regain access to the site. As Cloepfil said, “We wanted the concrete to create the light, and the light to have weight.” By changing the rhythm of the concrete formwork, the texture of the building envelope varies and breaks down the elevation. That was the crucial realization that led architect Brad Cloepfil, AIA, of Allied Works Architecture in Portland, Ore., to design the new Clyfford Still Museum as a solitary object sheltered behind a screen of sycamore trees, like a homestead found in the windswept flatness that stretches out to the east, north, and south of the site. You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed, You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser, A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Embracing light and its potential to frame experience, the museum was created with textured-concrete designed by Brad Cloepfil with installation mockups by contractor Saunders Construction. Ceiling could take some time to get used to but positive application of the detail.