Completed in 2002 the modern art museum of fort worth in texas is a glass metal and concrete building that was designed to filter natural light into the interior spaces.
Modern art museum of fort worth tadao ando concrete walls.
In addition to 53 000 square feet of soaring light filled gallery space and landscaped grounds with outdoor sculptures the museum features a.
Massive planar walls of architectural concrete boldly express the modern s basic structure while protecting the collection within.
Forty foot high transparent walls of glass framed in metal surround the concrete envelope providing magnificent public circulation areas from which to view the surrounding building the large reflecting pond outdoor sculpture and the landscaped grounds.
Kahn and near the amon carter museum designed by philip johnson.
3200 darnell street fort worth texas 76107 817 738 9215 toll free.
The modern art museum of fort worth exemplifies the work of japanese architect tadao ando through it s simple geometry incorporation of the natural environment and very minimal material.
The modern art museum of fort worth s building was designed by the japanese architect tadao ando.
The reflective surfaces of glass and water around the museum have inspired the designers identity and signage for the museum.
The modern art museum of fort worth is a leader in collecting showing and interpreting art from the 1940s to the present.
Ando s design which embodies the pure unadorned elements of a modern work of art is comprised of five long flat roofed pavilions situated on a 1 5 acre pond.
Built of planed concrete and forty foot high walls of glass the architectural forms embody the pure unadorned elements of a modern work of art.
You can put great art on a concrete wall under various light conditions and it remains great art the l shaped building that invites this changing light is arranged in five parallel pavilions each composed of inner concrete walls outer glass walls and a cantilevered cast concrete roof supported by a y shaped concrete column.
The modern is located in fort worth s celebrated cultural district directly opposite the kimbell art museum designed by louis i.