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| Neue Pinakothek (Contemporary Art Museum), renovated in 1981, in Munich by SAL |
The dramatic overlay of light coming in through two different sets of windows adds to the gorgeous stairway leading up to the main floor of the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. (The first level of the building is not used as a museum.) A long, somewhat narrow stairway that has radiating walls, sets up the visitor for a theatrical entrance to the museum. Then, leaving by the same stairway completes and frames the art museum visit experience. The combination of rough-cut versus smooth stone also gives this postmodern entryway another layer of texture emphasized by the natural lighting.
