MFAH Announces Expansion Plans by Steven Holl Architects

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), revealed plans for the redevelopment of its 14-acre campus. The master plan by Steven Holl Architects includes the new 164,000-square-foot Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, designed by Holl, which will add 30 percent more gallery space to the museum and will house 20th- and 21st-century art.

Rendering of the new campus plan by Steven Holl Architects.

A new 80,000-square-foot home for the Glassell School of Art will allow the school to double its student population. Also designed by Holl, the school will be L-shaped and will feature a precast concrete structure and a stepped amphitheater that leads to a trellised roof garden. The plan also includes a preliminary design by Lake|Flato Architects for the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation.

Rendering of the lobby of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.

Rendering of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation by Lake|Flato Architects. The master plan, called the Fayez S. Sarofim Campus, will integrate the new structures into the campus, which features a sculpture garden by Isamu Noguchi and buildings by William Ward Watkin, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Rafael Moneo. All parking will be moved underground, allowing green spaces on campus to be woven together to create a 14-acre pedestrian zone. A landscape architect will soon be selected.

The new plan is expected to cost $450 million and MFAH has raised $330 million to date. The project is set to begin later this year and is planned to be complete in 2019.

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MFAH Announces Expansion Plans by Steven Holl Architects