Since 2005, Glavovic Studio has worked closely with the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale. This ongoing relationship grew out of the desire to forge a new and vibrant connection between the museum’s original Edward Larrabee Barnes building and the downtown Las Olas District. Several thoughtful insertions and upgrades have been both subtle and sculptural, driven by Glavovic Studio’s vision to reinforce the mission of the Museum as the leading arts Institution in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

In addition to the interior renovations, Glavovic Studio designed the signature Bridge_Stair, a monumental sculpture affording visitors a view of the New River. The two-story stainless steel and polycarbonate-panel sculptural is conceived as a viewing platform and shadow play on the existing museum. The project arose out of the immediate program necessity for an entrance stair to the second level terrace for the King Tutankhamen exhibit in 2006. The overall urban design and architectural program for the stair was to reinforce the primary role of a downtown museum, creating a vibrant public plaza and supporting the existing building entry sequence. Movement, landscape, and form are celebrated in this award-winning project as people occupying the stair cast shadows and animate the existing building. The ArtPlaza includes 5000 square feet of native grasses, five times the original area of the plaza.

Glavovic Studio also designed Threshold, a site-specific large-scale artwork that incorporates concepts of water and surface, inscription and materiality through the lens of the natural environment of Florida. Located on the border between the Museum and Las Olas Boulevard, it reinforces the urban edge and creatively resolves accessibility issues with a large sandblasted drawing and bench, Eco resin photo montage, and lit blue 7’ x 44’ box.