[PDF] Extension du Denver Art Museum - Architecture

Who designed the Denver Art Museum extension?

Text description provided by the architects. The Extension to the Denver Art Museum, The Frederic C. Hamilton Building, is an expansion and addition to the existing museum, designed by the Italian Architect Gio Ponti.

What's new at the Denver Art Museum?

The Frederic C. Hamilton Building, as the 146,000-square-foot Denver Art Museum extension is named, is clad in an innovative new surface with 9,000 titanium panels that cover the building’s surface and reflect the brilliant Colorado landscape.

What challenges did the Denver Art Museum face?

"One of the challenges of building the Denver Art Museum was to work closely and respond to the extraordinary range of transformations in light, coloration, atmospheric effects, temperature and weather conditions unique to this City.