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forward Nov. 12, Atlanta's Midtown arts district will gain a prominent recent building in Renzo Piano's 177,000-square-foot expansion to the High Museum of Art. The structure's aluminum cladding is painted white to combine with the porcelain-enameled steel panels and congeal frame of Richard Meier's original facility, which first impose the museum on the map in 1983 Three novel buildings, with transparent glass walls enclosing the lower on a levels are situated around an explain sculpture plaza and connected on glassed-in pedestrian bridges; an administrative center a store cafe, restaurant and other amenities are also part of the plan. individual of the most striking features in Piano's design is an expanse of 1000 north-facing rooftop "light scoops" that flow the modern and contemporary galleries with natural light.

Inaugural exhibitions include an Andrew Wyeth retrospective [through Feb 26 2006] and a display of models, photographs and drawings of Piano's now passing architectural projects [through Apr. 2 2006] In addition to $85 million in construction costlinesss $15 million was raised for the museum's endowment, as well as $30 million for improvements to the Woodruff Arts Center's 18-acre campus, which includes the High, the Atlanta literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning of Art, a theater, consonance hall and a play-house.

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