Dallas Museum of Nature & Science Unveils Designs, Building Model
The Museum of Nature & Science unveiled the design for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park in Dallas with the groundbreaking on the approximately $185-million project planned for later this year. The museum is expected to open in 2013.
The building, designed by Pritzker Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his Los Angeles-based architectural firm, Morphosis, will be constructed on a 4.7-acre site north of downtown Dallas. The landscape design, created in conjunction with Dallas-based Talley Associates, serves as an extension of the building.