The Denver Museum of Art’s new Sie Welcome Center is an unprecedented feat of engineering, and leverages the most innovative, state-of-the-art technology in the field of structural glass.
The 50,000 square foot Sie Welcome Center’s second-story façade is comprised of a series of 25-foot tall, 8-foot wide, curved insulated structural glass panels along an elliptical footprint- the first structure of its kind to use jumbo curved panels in a design of this complexity, coupled with seismic considerations.
In an effort to craft a simple, unique and elegant building form, many façade design iterations were assessed and presented as part of the design-build process, with a core focus on openness, context, budget and innovative technology.
Photo Credit: James Florio, Eric Stephenson
Denver Museum of Art
Colorado
LOCATION
Colorado
PRODUCT SPECS
Jumbo Glass Fin Façade
PARTNER
SenTech | Austin, TX
ARCHITECT
Machado Silvetti & Fentress Architects
GLAZING CONTRACTOR
Harmon, Inc.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Saunders Construction
