Kimball Art Museum Addition

The Renzo Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum: Deferential or Deflating?

In the shadow of Louis Kahn's 1972 masterwork, the new pavilion designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop aims to pay homage to the original, but instead offers a kind of distant defacement.

The Kimbell Art Museum: The Original Louis Kahn Building

The Renzo Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum: Photos by Nic Lehoux

The Renzo Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum: Drawings

The Renzo Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum: Photos by Richard Barnes

Channeling Kahn: Renzo Piano’s Addition to the Kimbell Art Museum

Photographer Robert LaPrelle’s Shots of Renzo Piano’s New Kimbell

Robert Polidori’s Look at Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s New Kimbell Art Museum