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Title	Menil Collection Museum
Creator.Persons	Piano, Renzo
Notes	Built 1986. Project Description: The exterior of this building is modest and residential in appearance. Clad in simple grey cedar siding, the museum is one story high over most of its length, although a narrow second floor and mezzanine run along its south side. The impressive interior spaces of the 402- by 142-foot building feature 40- by 20-foot viewing galleries for the art collection. A skylight and a system of innovative louvers provide diffused lighting throughout the gallery spaces within. Project cost: $25 million. Artist/Architect: Renzo Piano, Richard Fitzgerald, Peter Rice, Tom Barker. Sponsor/Developer: Mme. Dominique de Menil. Project Location: University of Saint Thomas on Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX
Description	Overall view of building from Mulberry Street
Subject.Entities	Menil Collection Museum (Houston, Tex.) University of St. Thomas --Buildings
Subject	College buildings College art museums Universities and colleges
Location	Texas -- Houston
Title.Series	New Directions in Public Architecture: Part II
Collection Title	Architecture and Urban Planning (1800-present)
Publisher.Location	Seattle, WA
Publisher	Art on FIle
Date.Published	c1990
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Full resolution	Volume4\ARCII-29-07-01.jpg http://0-contentdm.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/fullres/Architecture_1800-_3/Volume4\ARCII-29-07-01.jpg

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