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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Designed by German architect Josef Paul Kleihues

Established: 1967

The most iconic feature of our facade is the main staircase.
About the staircase, from the MCA website.. click here..
While the galleries are designed without embellishment, allowing the art to speak for itself, the staircase offered Kleihues the freedom to design a dramatic ascent to the galleries. Constructed of Black Impala granite, Kleihues intended for the MCA’s interior staircase—lit by fixtures he designed—to guide visitors through the building. The architect echoed the ellipsoid shape of the stairwell, one of the museum’s most photographed features, in the building’s elevator button panels and other architectural details.

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Notice the “Seagulls” sculpture by Alexander Calder at the end of the staircase.

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Published by Jyoti Srivastava
Image copyright © Jyoti Srivastava

 

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Related Links:
MCA: Sculpture Garden.. click here..
MCA: Ganz Grosse Geister – by Thomas Schutte.. click here..
MCA: Staircase by Josef Paul Kleihues.. click here..
MCA: Plaza Project.. click here..

 

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