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Snøhetta’s US$610m SFMoMA extension opens its doors
by Kim Megson | 29 Apr 2016
UPDATE: Snøhetta's striking and hotly-anticipated new building for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opens today (14 May) in the US city. The international architecture studio have been working on the project, one of their largest to date, over the past three years. They have added an abstract, fog-like 10-storey extension to the museum's existing building on 151 Third Street, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botti in 1995. Their
Opening date revealed for Snøhetta's spectacular San Francisco SFMOMA expansion
by Kim Megson | 27 Oct 2015
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will officially open its Snøhetta-designed 235,000sq ft (21,800sq m) extension on May 14, 2016. The creation of a new 10-storey gallery building will triple the museum’s exhibition space, allowing it to house SFMOMA’s vast collection of art, sculpture and photography. The new structure will sit alongside the museum’s existing 225,000sq ft (20,900sq m) building, designed by Mario Botti. Speaking exclusively to CLADmag
SFMOMA unveils detailed expansion plans
by Pete Hayman | 05 Dec 2011
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in California, US, has revealed detailed designs for its proposed expansion project, the scope of which has now been increased. The attraction has revealed that it has raised its fundraising goal by 15 per cent to US$555m (£354m, EUR411m) to help create more spaces for education, exhibitions and collections. Building on concept designs unveiled in May, new detailed proposals comprise ground-level galleries and
Designer appointed for SFMOMA expansion
by Martin Nash | 22 Jul 2010
Oslo, Norway-based architects Snøhetta have been appointed to design a new US$250m (£164m) expansion to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). The project, first announced in April last year, will incorporate additional gallery space and interior improvements in the museum's Third Street building, together with an extension on Howard Street - to the south - that will connect to the back of the existing museum along the southern
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