The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will dedicate two new buildings, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall, in October 2006. Both buildings are designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki.
Construction nears completion on the southern facades of the Kemper Art Museum (foreground) and Walker Hall. Also pictured are the Jordan Charitable Foundation Central Plaza, the Dula Foundation Central Courtyard and the roofline of Steinberg Hall. July 2006.Kemper Art Museum, south entrance. July 2006.Kemper Art Museum, southern facade. July 2006.Walker Hall, southern facade. July 2006.Kemper Art Museum, southwest stairs. August 2006.Kemper Art Museum, southwest corner. August 2006.Detail, Walker Hall, south facade.Detail, Steinberg Hall, north facade. August 2006.The Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Library, located on the lower level of the Kemper Art Museum.Painting studios, Walker Hall.The southwest stairwell of Walker Hall, overlooking Bixby Hall.Skylight detail, Kemper Art Museum. August 2006.Kemper Art Museum, southwest stairwell, overlooking Steinberg Hall. August 2006.Kemper Art Museum, detail of the southern facade. August 2006.Skylights detail, Kemper Art Museum. August 2006.A June 2006 construction photo of the Kemper Art Museum’s northern entrance.The Kemper Art Museum’s southern entrance, at left, sits directly across from Steinberg Hall, Maki’s very first commission, which opened in 1960.Kemper Art Museum, viewed from the western side.Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum construction, March 2006.Overview of the planned Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Clockwise from top are Givens Hall; Maki’s new Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall; Bixby Hall; and Maki’s Steinberg Hall, which opened in 1960.Saligman Family Atrium, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.Reading room, Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Information Center, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.Temporary exhibitions gallery, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.North Foyer (overlooking the Florence Steinberg Weil Sculpture Garden), Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.Temporary exhibitions gallery, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.Southern facade of the planned Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, as seen from Steinberg Hall.Painting Studios, Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
