The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art’s new building was built in 1996, designed by Josef Paul Kleihues of Berlin.

One of the largest art institutions in America, the building marries the city’s rich history of modernist architecture with the functions of a major art museum. Poised between NYC and the west coast art worlds, the architecture of the MCA illustrates Chicago’s importance to the contemporary art scene.

Pictured here, the main stairway that connects the 5 story space combines clean lines and organic form. The petal shaped space is capped off by a Coy pond at its base and a skylight above.

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