The Las Vegas Museum of Art has released new details of architect Francis Kéré's design for Las Vegas' first freestanding art museum.
Via a press release, the Las Vegas Museum of Art will be located in a 60,000-square-foot building in downtown Symphony Park.
It is expected to break ground in 2027 and is designed as a community gathering place and a beacon for the cultural world, according to Kéré Architecture.
The museum will serve more than 2.4 million year-round Las Vegas residents, and tens of millions of visitors from across the world.
"Kéré’s design draws inspiration from the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas’s rich history of modernist architecture," the museum said.
"Its façade features a mosaic of locally sourced stone, wrapping the building in the colors of the surrounding Red Rock Mountains."
The museum will feature a canopy to provide a shaded area for the entry plaza, as well as floor-to-ceiling windows at entry level.
Also, a grand staircase will "make the interior core into a canyon from which visitors will ascend toward galleries that seem to float on the second floor".
Kéré Architecture has teamed up with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as the architect of record on the Las Vegas Museum of Art project.
Las Vegas' first freestanding art museum
“We see the Las Vegas Museum of Art as a gathering place where the entire community can recognize itself and take pride in a building that reflects the history and spirit of the city and the beauty of its natural surroundings," said Kéré.
"Las Vegas is a place of architectural marvels and of a timeless, awe-inspiring desert landscape.
"We hope to create a welcoming, engaging building that reflects both aspects of Las Vegas, restoring the presence of the natural world to the iconic skyline."
Elsewhere, the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar has announced a major expansion led by architect Lina Ghotmeh.
Images courtesy of Francis Kéré
