Article source: Rafael Viñoly Architects 

The Cleveland Museum of Art, one of the largest and most important art institutions in the United States, was built in 1916 by local architects Hubbell and Benes as a Greek revival pavilion, situated at the head of a pastoral park and lagoon landscape designed by the Olmsted Brothers. However, subsequent additions, including a noteworthy education wing by Marcel Breuer, obscured the rational plan of the original structure with a disjointed, confusing warren of spaces. In 2001, Rafael Viñoly Architects won the commission to resolve these conditions with an expansion and renovation, creating a coherent organization of galleries that accommodates projected growth and unifies disparate architectural vocabularies into a singular composition.

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• Architects: Rafael Viñoly Architects
• Project: CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
• Location: CLEVELAND, Ohio, U.S
• Lighting Consultant: George Sexton Associates
• Structural Engineers: Nabih Youssef & Associates
• Civil Engineer: Moody-Nolan, Inc
• Concrete Consultant: Reginald D. Hough
• Exhibit Designers: Quenroe Associates
• Retail Consultant: Charles Sparks & Company

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