New Aspen Art Museum Features Green Interior Systems Wrapped in Wicker Design
The Aspen Art Museum reopened to the public on August 9 in a 24-hour-long celebration in its new building located downtown at Spring Street and Hyman Avenue. The museum, which attracts 35,000 visitors a year from around the world, had outgrown its old facility.
The $45-million, 33,000-sq-ft building, funded entirely by private donations, features a striking glass exterior screened in criss-crossed wooden strips to resemble a giant woven basket. The design team, led by world-renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, created the unusual glass and geometric design to draw visitors’ attention, as do the views from the museum’s rooftop garden.