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Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum and the Paul Mellon Center for

What is the Kimbell Art Museum famous for?
The Kimbell Art Museum is internationally renowned for both its collections and for its architecture.
The Kimbell's collections range in period from antiquity to the 20th century and include European masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Poussin, Monet, Picasso and Matisse.
Who owns Kimbell Museum?
The Kimbell Art Foundation, which owns and operates the Museum, had been established in 1936 by Kay and Velma Kimbell, together with Kay's sister and her husband, Dr. and Mrs.
Coleman Carter.
What is the design philosophy of the Kimbell Art Museum?
Kahn's innovative design philosophy, which aimed to create buildings in which “light is the theme,” is fully realized at the Kimbell's.
The Museum features narrow plexiglass skylights along the top of its cycloid barrel vaults, which allow natural light to filter in and illuminate the space.
Like classical buildings (such as the Parthenon), the Kimbell's structure is based on a consistent mathematical model.
The basic plan is composed of sixteen cycloid vaults (100 x 20 feet) that are arranged in three parallel units of six, four, and six in the Kimbell.
Other elements are based on a ratio of 20 to 10.

What is the Kimbell Art Museum famous for?