New Brooks Museum of Art Downtown may be crown jewel of riverfront development
A rendering shows a night view of the proposed new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, a 112,000-square-foot building at the corner of Front and Monroe. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
A rendering details the Front Street entry of the proposed new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Downtown. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
The plans for the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art envision a wood-clad courtyard to be used as an outdoor room for public gathering. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
The courtyard in the proposed new Brooks Museum Downtown will have a theater that looks like this during the day ... (© Herzog & de Meuron)
... and looks like this at night. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
The Front Street entrance of the proposed Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Downtown is elevated in this rendering. The Museum is to be built on a natural stone bluff overlooking Riverside Drive. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
A rendering displays the Front Street view of the Museum. “I define it as being about Memphis,” said archimania founding partner Todd Walker. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
A rendering shows the spacious and airy lobby of the $150 million new home planned for the Brooks Museum Downtown. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
This rendering shows the interior of the cafe in the proposed Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Downtown. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
A rendering shows the theater interior at dusk. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
A river window in the proposed new Brooks Museum Downtown will remind visitors of their position in relation to the river and the city. (© Herzog & de Meuron)
Herzog & de Meuron cofounder Jacques Herzog said the views from the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, like this one from the roof terrace, will result in a museum “that’s both in Memphis and of Memphis, a landmark that couldn’t be anywhere else.” (© Herzog & de Meuron)
Brooks on the Bluff is being designed through a collaboration between the Swiss-based firm Herzog & du Meuron and Memphis’ archimania.
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Brooks Museum of Art Archimania Herzog & de Meuron Downtown Memphis riverfrontRob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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