Miami University Art Museum

Project Facts
  • Completion Year 1979
  • Size Site Area: 3 acres Number of Stories: 1 Building Gross Area: 23,919 square feet
  • Collaborators Acoustics/Noise Control, Inc.
Project Facts
  • Completion Year 1979
  • Size Site Area: 3 acres Number of Stories: 1 Building Gross Area: 23,919 square feet
  • Collaborators Acoustics/Noise Control, Inc.

The 24,000-square-foot museum was conceived as an active center for art and artifacts. It needed to be flexible enough to display many genres of art, and the surrounding woodlands had to be an integral part of the design. These objectives were met in a single-story, barrier-free structure containing both intimate exhibition areas and large skylit spaces, as well as a 115-seat auditorium. A reflecting pool and three exterior areas can accommodate outdoor sculpture. Through large windows and clerestories, the surroundings are visible from galleries bathed in natural light.