休斯頓藝術博物館南希及里奇金德大樓美國德克薩斯州，休斯頓

建設單位: 休斯頓藝術博物館

設計單位：史蒂文·霍爾建筑師事務所

設計團隊：史蒂文·霍爾 (主創設計), Chris Mcvoy (高級主管),Olaf Schmidt (高級助理), Filipe Taboada (項目建筑師)

合作單位：Kendall/Heaton Associates

結構工程：Guy Nordenson & Associates Cardno

建筑面積：16 380 平方呎

時間: 2011年 - 2020年

Client: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Architect: Steven Holl Architects

Design Team: Steven Holl (design architect, principal), Chris McVoy (design architect,partner in charge), Olaf Schmidt (senior associate), Filipe Taboada (project architect, associate)

Associate architects: Kendall/Heaton Associates

Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson & Associates Cardno

Building Area (Square Feet): 16,380sf

Year: 2011 - 2020

Nancy and Rich Kinder 大樓的新博物館結構具有多孔性特點，地面層的所有立面都是開放的。七個花園將校園的四周“切開”，并標記了出入口和高度。最大的花園庭院位于 Bissonnet 和主街的拐角處，標志著新校園的中心入口。當站在 Kinder 大樓巨大的新入口大廳時，人們可以看到四個方向的花園，并感受到對社區開放所帶來的誘人能量。

新的地面層是一個對社區開放的活躍的社會空間，這個空間比上面兩個畫廊樓層的工作時間更長。一家精致的餐廳通向 Cullen 雕塑花園，咖啡館通向 Bissonnet，畫廊通向主街。此外，還可以在布朗基金會廣場和格拉塞爾屋頂花園舉行特別的表演。

德克薩斯的天空如同一塊明亮的空中穹頂呈 180°打開并籠罩在新建筑上。由云層邊緣聯想到的凹面弧線抵在屋頂幾何上，使得自然光能夠恰到好處的滑入，恰巧適合頂層展館照明。曲面天花板下方成為了光線反射板，它凝聚光后把光反射到館中的每一個角落。這些弧形的反射光線以一種獨特有機的方式塑造館內空間，這種方式與校園內豐富的植被與水源建立了聯系。不同于重復的機械光源，新建筑的光源如同展館內的運動一樣，是有機的、流動的。

美術館是橫向的兩層樓建筑，所有的展館都有自然光和開放流動的靈活性空間。館內房間具有理想化的比例，以一個開放的平臺為中心排列開來。博物館開放的流線被可瞭望七個庭院的景致打斷，庭園中有綠棚可供乘涼。而中心的集會平臺則提供了廣闊的空間，可用于藝術展覽以及上層的垂直環流。踏步式坡道和電梯將大廳和博物館各層連通起來，可以直接進入所有場館。

在水平聚集的石頭（1924）、鋼筋和玻璃（1958、1974）以及石頭（2000）內部，Kinder 大樓添加了半透明玻璃建成的水平建筑。彎曲的玻璃元素有一個柔軟的紋理，如雪花石膏般。到了晚上，發光的墻體倒映在水上花園上，歡迎游客參訪。該新建筑將與現有的特色休斯頓藝術博物館建筑群互補并做出偉大貢獻。

The new museum architecture of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is characterized by porosity,opening the ground floor at all elevations.Seven gardens slice the perimeter, marking points of entry and punctuating the elevations.The largest garden court, at the corner of Bissonnet and Main Street,marks a central entry point on the new campus.When standing in the great new entrance lobby of the Kinder Building, one can see gardens in four directions and feel the inviting energy of a new sense of openness to the community.

The new ground level is an activate social space open to the community with longer hours than the two gallery floors above.A fine restaurant opens to the Cullen Sculpture Garden, a café to Bissonnet,and galleries open to Main Street.Special performances might take place in the Brown Foundation Plaza and Glassell rooftop garden.

The Texas sky opens 180°overhead above a luminous canopy covering the new building.Concave curves, imagined from cloud circles, push down on the roof geometry, allowing natural light to slip in with precise measure and quality, perfect for top-lit galleries.The undersides of the curved ceiling become light reflectors, catching and sliding the light across each unique gallery experience.These curved slices of light shape the gallery spaces organically in a unique way related to the organic qualities of the lush vegetation and water characterizing the new campus.Rather than mechanical and repetitive, the light is organic and flowing echoing the movement of the galleries.

Organized horizontally on two levels, all galleries have natural light and are flexible with open flow.The gallery rooms of ideal proportions are centered around an open forum.The open flow through galleries is punctuated by views into the seven gardens with green trellises offering shade from glare.The central gallery forum provides generous spaces for the exhibition of art and vertical circulation to the upper floors.A stepped ramp and elevators link the lobby and gallery levels for direct access to all galleries.

Within the horizontal collection of stone (1924), steel and glass (1958, 1974), and stone (2000), the Kinder Building adds a horizontal architecture in translucent glass.The curved glass elements have a soft texture, alabaster-like.At night the glowing translucent walls will be reflected in the water gardens and provide an open invitation to enter the museum.In complementary/contrast, the Kinder Building provides a strong contribution to the existing unique collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston architecture.