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Site
South
of current building
Downtown Milwaukee on Lake Michigan shore
Cost
$50 million
Privately funded
Space
Current
space 160,000 square feet
New Space 125,000 square feet
Total 285,000 square feet
Galleries
28,000
additional square feet (new /existing buildings)
Will accommodate
larger-scale artworks
Descriptions
Reception Hall
90-foot-high transparent
glass and steel structure
Shaded by moveable sunscreen (brise soleil)
Galleria
Single-story, glass,
concrete and steel structure
300-seat lecture hall
Large-scale exhibition area
Lake or city views
Suspended Pedestrian Bridge
200-foot-long angled
mast and cables
Crosses Lincoln Memorial Dr. at O'Donnell
Park
Links downtown to lakefront and museum
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Visitor Amenities
Improved access
Reception hall for 1,000 people
300-seat lecture hall
Restaurant with lake view
Education center
Musuem shop
Time Line
Groundbreaking
December 10, 1997
Completion 2000
Opening mid-2000
Architect
Santiago Calatrava (b. 195 1, Spain)
Offices in Zurich, Paris and Valencia, Spain
MAM expansion will be first completed building
in U.S.
Architect Of Record
Kahler Slater, Milwaukee
Designed 1975 addition
Construction Management
C.G.
Schmidt, Milwaukee
Owner Representation
Chris
Smocke, president of Smocke & Associates, Inc.
Project Management
War
Memorial Development Committee,
Contracting Agent, William Randall, chairman
MAM Board of Trustees, Frank J. Pelisek, president
MAM Building Committee, Donald Baumgartner,
chairman
MAM Director Russell Bowman
MAM Executive Director Christopher Goldsmith
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