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Bloch Building expansion at the Nelson-Atkins Museum June 10, 2007
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Aerial view from the northeast of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and new Bloch Building.
African gallery in the Bloch Building.
African gallery at Bloch Building.
The Bloch Building glows after sundown on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Marc F. Wilson, director/CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art since 1982 has led the institution through the Bloch Building expansion, at left, and the re-installation of works of art in the original Nelson-Atkins Building, at right. The new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will open to the public on Saturday June 9.
Visitors pass through one of the Contemporary Art gallery spaces in the new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The new addition will open to the public on Saturday June 9.
Members of the media pass through one of the contemporary art galleries in the new building. Each gallery level steps down, with the ceiling of that level peaked with a glass-enclosed lens that rises above ground level. By day, sunlight is reflected inside, and by night the gallery lights glow through the translucent glass panels.
Visitors pass through one of the Contemporary Art gallery spaces in the new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Each gallery level steps down with the ceiling of that level peaked with a glass-enclosed lens that rises above ground level. By day, sunlight is reflected inside and by night the gallery lights glow through the translucent glass panels. The new addition will open to the public on Saturdaym June 9.
Steve Holl, right, architect of the Bloch Building, describes the translucent glass that suffuses light in the central lobby space of the building. The $94 million facility is part of a $200 million expansion for the museum.
Inaugurating the new Bloch Building, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will present "Developing Greatness: The Origins of American Photography: From Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885, an exhibit of nearly 300 works from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will open to the public on Saturday June 9.
A view through the African Gallery to the Photography Gallery gives visitors expansive views and light-filled exhibit spaces in the new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The new 165,000-square-foot expansion increases museum space by more than 70 percent.
A view through the African Gallery to the Photography Gallery gives visitors expansive views and light-filled exhibit spaces in the new Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The new 165,000-square-foot expansion increases museum space by more than 70 percent.
The Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Court is dedicated to the Museum's significant holdings of the artists works and relates interior and exterior space, creating an interaction between architecture and landscape. Visible in the middle of the frame is the front of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Figures in George Segal's "Rush Hour" sculpture appear to pass between the new Bloch Building at left and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The new building provides a unique counterpoint to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building.
A translucent glass panel splits space between the new Bloch Building at left and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art at right. The new structure provides a unique, modern counterpoint to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building. The new wing opens to the public this weekend.
The classic columns of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art contrast with the contemporary style of the Bloch Building.
The curving translucent glass panel walls of one the Bloch Building's lenses filters light to the galleries below and offer a contrast to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building, seen rising above one of the lenses at right.
The curving translucent glass panel walls of one the Bloch Building's lenses filters light to the galleries below and offer a contrast to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building, seen at left.
The curving translucent glass panel walls of one the Bloch Building's lenses filters light to the galleries below and offer a contrast to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building, seen rising above one of the lenses in the background.
The translucent glass panel walls of one the Bloch Building's lenses, center, filters light to the galleries below and offer a contrast to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building, at left.
Visitors to the Bloch Building can enter the museum directly from the new underground parking facility. The new facility at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened to the public this weekend.
Contemporary gallery in the Bloch Building.
Contemporary gallery in the Bloch Building.
Contemporary gallery in the Bloch Building.
Inside the lobby lens at the Bloch Building.
Windows of the Bloch Building frame a view of the traditional Nelson-Atkins Museum structure.
Inside the Museum Store at the Bloch Building.
Night view of the new Bloch Building, shown to the left of the Nelson-Atkins' original building, from the north plaza.
Night view of the Bloch Building lenses, looking north.
Night view of the Bloch Building's lobby lens.
Noguchi Court at the Bloch Building.
Noguchi Court in Bloch Building.
North museum plaza.
Reading Room in the new Bloch Building.
Bloch Building and sculpture terrace.
Staircase detail in the Bloch Building.
Visitors explore the "lenses" at the Bloch Building.
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