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Designed in the Florentine style, and completed in 1891 as a villa and studio for the artist Franz von Lenbach, the Lenbachhaus became Munich’s city art gallery in 1924. Over the succeeding fifty years the building was extended and adapted in two major phases. By the turn of the century, however, with visitor numbers exceeding 250,000 a year, it lacked the facilities needed to cater to its widening audience. The challenge for the museum’s renewal lay in conserving the ensemble of historic buildings and maintaining the amount of gallery space, while providing new circulation and visitor areas, a restaurant, terrace and shop.
Status: Built
Location: Munich, DE
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Structural Engineer: Sailer Stepan & Partner GmbH
Quantity Surveyor: CBP Cronauer
M+E Engineer: Ingenieurbüro Robert Ottitsch (HLS RLT) / PEG GmbH (Elektro)
Lighting Engineer: Ingenieurbüro Bambergers
