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Article: Miami Art Museum Selects Herzog & de Meuron to Design New Museum.
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- September 18, 2006
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MIAMI, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Miami Art Museum (MAM) has announced the selection of the celebrated firm of Herzog & de Meuron as designers of the Museum's new and expanded facility, scheduled to open in late 2010. The unanimous vote by the Museum's Architecture Selection Panel followed a public presentation by MAM director Terence Riley, who recommended the firm. Panel members included MAM Board Chair Aaron Podhurst; Trustees Mireille Chancy- Gonzalez, Rafael Miyar, and Gloria Scharlin; and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Director Michael Spring.
The new building, estimated at 125,000 square feet in size, will occupy four acres in ...