{"id":637433,"date":"2026-10-21T23:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/637433\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T23:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:42:13","slug":"johnston-marklee-unveils-designs-for-bass-museum-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/637433\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnston Marklee unveils designs for Bass Museum expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

California architecture studio Johnston Marklee<\/a> has unveiled designs to expand the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach<\/a>, USA, including elevated galleries and courtyard spaces.<\/p>\n

The project will extend the Museum of Art (the Bass) into the 22,000-square-foot area at the southwest corner of the museum\u2019s campus with indoor and outdoor space. <\/p>\n

\"Johnston<\/p>\n

Renderings show two rectangular pavilion structures that sit on a thin concrete plane, elevated off the ground to meet \u201cresiliency guidelines\u201d, likely in reference to Miami-Dade County\u2019s stated floodwater risks due to sea-level rise<\/a>. Courtyards will pass underneath the structure.<\/p>\n

This elevated structure also keeps the corner of the property open and increases public access, according to Johnston Marklee<\/a> founding partner Sharon Johnston, who called the project \u201ctransformative\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough careful analysis of light and shadow, space and volume, and the surrounding park and urban context, we are planning a transformative project that will increase public access to the museum\u2019s programs and artworks,\u201d said Johnston.<\/p>\n

\"Johnston<\/p>\n

Formally, the expansion will feature sheer white walls for the upper structures, with more texture on the walls at ground level, underneath the elevated structures.<\/p>\n

At the centre of the project, a backlit oculus will illuminate the passage under the structure at night.<\/p>\n

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The passages will also lead to landscape garden areas, with the blank face of one of the pavilions providing a screen for screenings.<\/p>\n

This space will connect to the trees that are part of Collins Park, which extends from the east face of the museum.<\/p>\n

\"Johnston<\/p>\n

Facade perforations will be placed at the top of the rectangular pavilions and on the walls separating the covered courtyards from the street. <\/p>\n

The expansion builds upon the original art deco building designed by Russell Pancoast as a library in the 1930s before the Bass opened in 1964 and the Arata Isozaki expansion. <\/p>\n

\"Johnston<\/p>\n

Primary exhibition space will be held in the rectangular pavilion structures, with renderings showing white-wall galleries, rectangular windows and a skylight placed on top of the one nearest to the Isozaki building. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to reimagine the southwest corner of Collins Park for The Bass,\u201d said Johnston Marklee founding partner Mark Lee. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis project continues the storied architectural heritage of the museum, preserving Russell Pancoast\u2019s 1942 Art Deco design while honoring Arata Isozaki\u2019s vision of a porous campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Johnston<\/p>\n

Other recent projects by Johnston Marklee include a green-metal skyscraper in Phoenix<\/a> and a minimalist pavilion for Danish furniture brand Vipp in Upstate New York<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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