Cleveland Museum of Art East Wing by Rafael Viñoly Architects

New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed a new East Wing extension to the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, USA.

The new wing connects the original 1916 Beaux-Arts building and a later addition by Marcel Breuer completed in 1971.

The extension features double-height exhibition spaces and an entrance lobby on the lower level, new galleries on level two and expanded offices and workrooms for the conservation department on level one.

Rafael Viñoly were awarded the commission in 2001 to unify the original building and the subsequent addition by Marcel Breuer into a resolved and coherent masterplan, reinstating the Hubbell & Benes Greek revival pavilion as the focal point.

The first phase of the project comprises the construction of the East Wing, the first of three planned wings, and renovation of the original building and the Breuer extension.

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