A museum designed by Thom Mayne

2. Morphosis
Architects
Architect
Thom
Mayne
Location
2201 N.
Field
Street,
Dallas,
Texas,
United
States
Project
Year : 2012

7. The 180,000-square-foot museum will feature 5 floors of public space with 11
permanent exhibit halls, including a children’s museum complete with outdoor plat
space/courtyard, and a state-of-the-art hall designed to host world-class traveling
exhibitions. Other highlights include an expansive glass-enclosed lobby and adjacent
rooftop deck; a multi-media, 3D digital cinema with seating for 298; a flexible-space
auditorium ; a cafe; and a Museum shop.

12. Skylights draw natural sunlight into the atrium and
to the other spaces.

13. The building features a 54-foot (16 m) continuous flow
escalator housed within a 150-foot (46 m) glass casing
that extends diagonally outside the building cube. To
maximize sustainability, the building also features LED
lighting, off-grid energy generation technology and solar-
powered water heating.

15. GALLERY