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Project Overview

Site

*South of current building
*Downtown Milwaukee on Lake Michigan shore

Cost
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$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

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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