Nasher Sculpture Center

The Nasher Foundation. Dallas, Texas United Stated. 2001-2003
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Nasher Sculpture Center is a 60,000 SF structure and a 1.9 acre Garden designed to showcase the sculpture collection of Ray and Patsy Nasher. The Center is located in Downtown Dallas across from the Dallas Museum of Fine Art. Renzo Piano Building Workshop is the lead design consultant, Peter Walker and Partners is the Landscape Architect and Ove Arup & Partners is lead engineers. Interloop Architecture was hired by Renzo Piano's office to administer the design of the building and garden. Interloop Architecture was also hired to coordinate between the owner and the other consultants all matters relating to the execution of the design, as well as produce Construction Documents for portions of the construction including Finish Millwork, Ornamental Gates, Stone details, a 2,500 SF Auditorium, and various other finish details associated with the project.

See below to download Project Sheet (pdf)

Bird's eye view of the Nasher Sculpture Center, building and garden, during construction

Construction Montage: View of Building Facade from Flora Street

Site Plan

Ground Level Floor Plan

Lower Level Floor Plan

Sections: Building, Garden, and Tending,(Blue)

Construction Montage: View to Stepped Auditorium (lower right) from Garden

Construction Montage: View from Flora Street

Detail View of Stainless Steel Brackets

Detail View of Aluminum Roof Louvres

Detail Views of Roof from Interior Gallery

Interior View at Entry (left): Millwork and Steel Flat Panel Display Housing by Interloop Architecture

Detail Views of Steel and Wood Stair

View of Typical Gallery from Exterior (left), and View of Interior at Entry (right)

Interloop Architecture was commissioned by the Nasher Foundation and Renzo Piano Building Workshop to develop digital composite renderings of the Nasher Sculpture Center for the first national Press Release on May 12, 2003. View of Typical Gallery from Flora Street

View of Sculpture Garden. Tending,(Blue) in Berm Beyond. Press Release Image by Interloop Architecture, 2003.

Aerial View of Nasher Sculpture Center. Press Release Image by Interloop Architecture, 2003.

View of Galleries from Flora Street. Press Release Image by Interloop Architecture, 2003.

View of Terraced Garden and Auditorium. Press Release Image by Interloop Architecture, 2003.

Project Sheet (pdf)

See Also

— Past Characters Ben Thorne Ben Thorne was a project architect for Tending,(blue) and a designer for E-X-I-T. He was also involved with...

— Principals Dawn Finley Principal Dawn Finley received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan College...

— Built Work E-X-I-T

— Past Characters Emily Kirkland Emily Kirkland was a project designer with Interloop for two glorious years, working on Julia's Bistro, The...

— Past Characters Ken Andrews Ken is in Colorado (come back!) practicing architecture with Arch11. He teaches design studios at the...

— Principals Mark Wamble Principal Mark Wamble received a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and a Master of...

— Built Work Tending, (blue)

— Built Work Two-Seater