Steven Holl Architects has released new images of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Bloch Building in Kansas city of US, taken by Iwan Baan. Iwan Baan recently revisited the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to document how it has evolved with the museum’s collection, and has become an integrated part of the community. Steven Holl Architects celebrates 9 year anniversary of of the Nelson Atkins Museum opening through new captions taken by photographer Iwan Baan.

Nine years ago today, Steven Holl Architects celebrated the opening of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Bloch Building. The winning design in an international competition in 1999, the addition is composed of five interconnected structures that traverse from the museum’s original 1933 building across the sculpture park. From the movement through the landscape, the five glass "lenses" form new spaces and angles of vision, while bringing different qualities of light to the galleries below.

Commissioned by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the building is composed of five interconnected structures as opposed to a single massive expansion. Traversing from the existing building across its sculpture park, the five built "lenses" form new spaces and angles of vision. 

From the movement through the landscape and threaded between the light openings, exhilarating new experiences of the existing Museum will be formed. Circulation and exhibition merge as one can look from one level to another, from inside to outside. 

The "meandering" path in the sculpture garden above has its sinuous compliment in open flow through the continuous level of new galleries. Glass lenses bring different qualities of light to the galleries while the sculpture garden's pathways wind through them.

The project completed in 2007 in Kansas city, MO, United States, which is shining on the skirts of mountainy landscape of Kansas city and plays with colour, light, shadow, space and art deeply with a pure view.

All images © Iwan Baan

In 2017, the Nelson-Atkins Museum will celebrate the ten year anniversary of the Bloch Building’s opening with a series of public events and lectures. For more information on upcoming events, please visit Nelson-Atkins Museum.

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