The new Dali Museum in St Petersburg Clearwater, Florida was inaugurated January 11, 2011.
Signed by architect Yann Weymouth, the building consists of a structure concrete plant and a wave undulating glass can withstand hurricane and tornado force 5 to protect the exceptional collection of works by the Catalan painter.
Weymouth architect had already worked the glass: it was part of the team that designed the Louvre pyramid in Paris.
According to the architect, the building structure was designed in harmony with the work of the artist: This duality is something often found in works of Dali, it therefore seems logical to play with two aspects. One is loud, brutal, bare concrete and the other is much more delicate, like a canvas, a stream, a flicker, an almost glass smooth.
Construction began: December 2008
Cost of Operation: $ 35 million. Composed of 96
oil paintings, over 100 watercolors and drawings and many sculptures, photographs and artwork, this collection is considered the largest outside of Spain.
Clien eye for the King of Surrealism: the museum opened to the public at 11:11 am January 11, 2011.
Source: www.batiactu.com 25 January 2011.
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