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Brooks Museum architect seeks to ‘understand’ city ahead of design work
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art executive director Emily Ballew Neff (center) waits for architect Ascan Mergenthaler (left) to be introduced on stage May 21, 2019, as Brooks officials and city leaders gather at Fire Station No. 5 to meet the architects from Herzog & de Meuron who will design the new art museum on the Downtown bluff. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The European architect leading the design of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art said months of research will take place before building shapes and materials are considered.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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