Winton Gallery at the Science Museum London

Winton Gallery

A million visitors have explored Mathematics: The Winton Gallery at London’s Science Museum since its opening. Mathematics defines the design by Zaha Hadid Architects for the gallery. Inspired by the Handley Page aircraft, the design is driven by equations of airflow used in the aviation industry.

Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh

Forecourt of the Government Museum and Art Gallery

Le Corbusier’s use of exposed reinforced concrete and brick cladding for the museum’s facade symbolized the emergence of novel building typologies and the “arrival of the modern” in India as a newly independent nation. The Government Museum and Art Gallery is also recognized as a Grade-1 heritage site in India.

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand

MASP

An anchor of cultural life in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is a concrete and glass tour de force. Suspended on four massive pillars, the building shell hovers 26 feet above the ground and contains a total floor area of over 110,000 square feet.

The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art

Main Museum of Los Angeles building

Design: Tom Wiscombe Architecture. Non-profit contemporary art museum conceived of by visionary developer Tom Gilmore and located in the heart of the Old Bank District of Downtown Los Angeles. Capitalizing on the tension between historical and contemporary architecture, it is part adaptive re-use and part new construction.