david adjaye completes new building for MCA denver

MCA denver is a non-collecting institution acting as an incubator for art and ideas, artistic exchange, and dialogue. in 2007, 11 years after its founding, the museum opened a new david adjaye-designed building in lower downtown denver. MCA denver presents exhibitions featuring local, national and international artists, as well as offering ongoing public programs that explore the relationship between art and contemporary life.

MCA denver is adjaye’s first museum commission, and was designed to minimize boundaries between the exterior spaces of the city and the interior galleries of the museum. hidden skylights fill the interior spaces with natural light. windows look out on the streets of the central platte valley. the building has five galleries on two floors as well as dedicated education spaces, a shop, and a library. there are three levels of different heights. if you haven’t been, there is one more reason why you need to go:  the MCA café, a curated culinary space on the rooftop, offering coffee, lunch and a full bar.

image courtesy MCA denver (also main image)

image courtesy MCA denver

roof top with café | image courtesy MCA denver

images courtesy MCA denver

image courtesy MCA denver

scale model | image courtesy david adjaye

david adjaye | portrait © designboom