How an Award-Winning Museum Lets the Light In
2023 Best of Year Winner for International Museum
What’s the crowning glory of an innovative, mixed-use addition for the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an, China, housing retail, hospitality, and events programming? A lanternlike structure anchoring the east entry. Clad in red travertine slabs, the cylindrical edifice by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office features evenly spaced portals that usher daylight down into the walkway wrapping the cylinder’s base, while, up top, a hollowed-out, bowl-shape amphitheater with stepped seating encircles a lightwell that descends straight through the core. It’s a new community beacon—and another home run from the firm led by Interior Design Hall of Fame members Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu.
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Lyndon Neri; Rossana Hu; Zhao Lei; Ivy Feng; Wenbo Da; Joy Han; Tian Hua; Bella Wu.
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