Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Arkansas
Date: 2008-2011, 2017
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“Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is nestled within a ravine, flanked by two hills set on one hundred and twenty acres of Ozark landscape. Upstream to the south is Crystal Springs and, beyond that, the family residence designed by the celebrated Arkansas architect Fay Jones. The hillsides, which contain a network of trails that lead to downtown Bentonville, are covered with mature growth of oaks, dogwoods andcrowned by Arkansas white pine on the crest. From the outset, we aimed to design a museum in which art and nature are experienced simultaneously and harmoniously.”
Architect: Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects
