Quadracci Pavilion
- Architect
- Santiago Calatrava
- Year
- 2001
- Style
- Neo-Futurism
- City
- Milwaukee, WI
The Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, is the Milwaukee Art Museum's addition designed by Santiago Calatrava, a globally significant architect. Its sculptural form and kinetic brise-soleil dominate the museum's lakefront presence, and the moving structure has become a widely retold part of the building's story.
the building
Kinetic brise-soleil. The pavilion's moving brise-soleil is a structural and typological innovation known worldwide, and its operation is a widely retold story tied to the building.
Sculptural lakefront form. The pavilion's sculptural form dominates the street and site presence along the lakefront, distinguishing it within Calatrava's body of work.
the style
Neo-Futurism (c. 1990–present): Sculptural techno-optimism: sweeping white shells, skeletal ribs, and winglike canopies.
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Santiago Calatrava, the architect of the Quadracci Pavilion, is recognized globally for structural and typological innovation, exemplified here by the pavilion's movable wing structure.
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nearby
- Milwaukee Art Museum
- Milwaukee County War Memorial
- Cudahy Tower
- Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons
- University Club Tower
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Corporate Headquarters