Nasher Museum Roof

The source of the glare is museum tower a 42 story luxury condominium development which began rising next door to the nasher in 2011.

Nasher museum roof.

The focal point of the modernist building is its great hall with a 13 000 square foot glass and steel roof rising to a height of forty five feet. The café and store are closed. The nasher museum of art designed by architect rafael viñoly was opened in 2005. Successfully filtering direct light that could degrade the works on display the result is a spectacular naturally lit environment.

Come for the art join for the benefits. Nasher museum members help support exciting internationally renowned exhibitions and free k 12 education programs to thousands of students from durham public schools and beyond. In accordance with duke university the museum is closed to visitors until further notice. Nasher museum café is a part of giorgios hospitality group whose director giorgios bakatsias was a finalist for the 2014 james beard foundation awards and has been the creative force behind more than 25 restaurants in the area.

In addition to indoor gallery space the museum contains an auditorium education and research facilities a cafe and a store. The cast aluminium shells form the unique shading of the nasher sculpture centre s bespoke glass roof which plays an important part in creating an environment with optimum conditions for displaying sculpture. By early 2012 when the building reached its vertical peak. Find updates and the latest information on duke s coronavirus response website.

The longtime dream of the late raymond and patsy nasher the museum was designed by world renowned architect renzo piano in collaboration with landscape architect peter walker to seamlessly integrate the indoor galleries with the outdoor garden spaces creating a museum experience unlike any other in the world. Address 2001 campus drive durham nc 27705. The nasher has also been recognized in food wine magazine as on of the best museum restaurants in the us. The nasher museum café is a purple table restaurant.

The nasher sculpture center presents rotating exhibitions of works from the nasher family collection as well as special exhibitions drawn from other museums and private collections. Dallas two things were supposed to happen when the nasher sculpture center opened here in 2003. Read more architecture.