Archinect - News 2024-11-22T00:22:00-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/86856293/kimbell-s-135-million-expansion-has-light-needs-soul Kimbell’s $135 Million Expansion Has Light, Needs Soul Archinect 2013-11-18T20:30:00-05:00 >2013-11-25T22:02:54-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/db/db3ff5d934113454725e101fde9c2ec2?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Designed by Louis Kahn in 1972, the Kimbell is considered the greatest American museum building of the 20th century. Understandably, the new $135-million addition by Renzo Piano, which at 101,000 square feet (9,383 square meters) just about doubles the Kimbell&rsquo;s space, has been anticipated with trepidation.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>