Project: Bloch Building Expansion at The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

Location: Kansas City, MO

Owner: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Design Architect: Steven Holl Architects

Associate Architect: BNIM

General Contractor: J.E. Dunn Construction Company

CW Subcontractors: Carter Glass Company & Bendheim Wall Sytems

Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson & Associates

Construction Cost: $175 Million

Project Information: Although the majority of the 160,000 sf expansion is underground, the building has five freestanding structures or "lenses" that rise above ground level. Each lens is clad in a double skin curtain wall incorporating channel glass.

Completion Date: 2007