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For the
three-story, 40,000-squarefoot Frost Art Museum, Weymouth has dreamed up
several distinctive features that he hopes will "indicate a way forward in
museum design in Florida." He has drafted an impressive glass-atrium
entrance that visitors will remember for its immediate, clear view to the
lake and native trees behind the building. To bring indoors a bit of South
Florida's famous and abundant sunshine, he has developed a program that
incorporates natural lighting - the very condition under which most
artwork is created. |

Photograph of the Museum architectural design by Weymouth in the
FIU Magazine 2003 online at
http://news.fiu.edu/fiumag/
fall2003/art_museum1.htm
According to
FIU Magazine (2003), Weymouth,
the FIU Museum architect, has designed the Frost Art Museum to highlight
the university's landscape elements like trees, lakes and, obviously, the
South Florida sunshine. To do this, he has mostly used glass all around
the Museum structure, allowing visitors to enjoy the view and the natural
lighting to be indoors. |
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Source: Coming into
its own. (2003, Fall). FIU Magazine, 10. Retrived November 16,
2004 from
http://news.fiu.edu/fiumag/
fall2003/art_museum1.htm
Photograph of
the Museum architectural design by Weymouth in the FIU Magazine 2003
online at http://news.fiu.edu/fiumag/
fall2003/art_museum1.htm |
Reference:
Coming into its own. (2003, Fall). FIU Magazine,
10. Retrived November 16, 2004 from
http://news.fiu.edu/fiumag/
fall2003/art_museum1.htm |