The Dallas Museum of Art asked for a reinvention, and boy is it going to get one. The six architectural teams competing to design its expansion have put...
The six designs suggest new directions for the DMA and offer a snapshot of the state of architecture, and of museum design in particular. There is beauty in each of these proposals, but all move beyond the flamboyant starchitectural gestures ushered in a quarter century ago by Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao, and exemplified here in Dallas by the Morphosis-designedInstead, the architecture of these proposals acts more as a stage and backdrop for civic activity and for the display of art.
In a project statement, the London-based architect writes of his “profound respect” for the museum’s Edward Larrabee Barnes campus, and indeed he leaves more of it intact than any of his competitors. The strongest feature of his design is a roof terrace that would look over the remade plaza facing Klyde Warren Park. Less convincing is an awkwardly placed stepped amphitheater that would occupy a large portion of that plaza, cutting it off from the surrounding landscape.
Weiss/Manfredi proposal for the expansion of the DMA, north entry plaza. Copyright Weiss/Manfredi and Malcolm Reading Consultants View from Klyde Warren Park of Diller Scofidio + Renfro expansion proposal for the DMA. Copyright Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Malcolm Reading Consultants There is nothing — nothing — clunky about the proposal from the team led by the Spanish firm Nieto Sobejano. “Our proposal acknowledges the presence of the original building and its pivotal role in the development of the Dallas Arts District while proposing significant spatial architectural transformations respectful of its recent history,” reads the firm’s statement.
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