Steven Holl architects: Nelson-Atkins Museum of art expansion

CLIENT: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Arts-Mark Wilson (director); Karen Christiansen (COO)

ARCHITECT: Steven Holl Architects, New York City-Steven Holl (principal); Chris McVoy (project); Matthias Blass, Gabriela Barman, Mimi Hoang, Molly Blieden, Elsa Chryssochoides, Stephen O'Dell, Justin Korhammer, Pablo CastroEstevez (project team); Jim Lacy (project manager, Lacy & Co.)

ENGINEERS: Guy Nordenson and Associates (structural); Ove Arup and Partners (mechanical)

COST: $80 million

PHOTOGRAPHER: Annette Goderbauer

PROJECT: Renovation of and addition to the

1933 neoclassical Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

SITE: Renovations are all within the existing building. The addition sits on the eastern side of the existing museum's sculpture gardens.

PROGRAM: The new building houses a...