| The aim is for this gentle, sculptural building built on the prominant Liverpool harbor to become the word’s top museum about a city. It will showcase the city’s musical and artistic achievment, expecting to draw 750,000 visitors a year, making it one of Europe’s top tourist spots. The expensive project had some hiccups, but some large finacial grants have kept it going. Currently under construction, Museum of Liverpool doesn’t compete with the skyline, but rather sits low and uses the city’s classic British architecture as a back-drop. Common to the area, the building uses natural stone and no greenery. The opposing sweeping structures (they remind me of a building I came up with in school) create interesting indoor and outdoor areas, and gesture the visitor toward important sites in the city. |
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