Windows also fill the interior walls between the gallery and the Theater Lobby. The Art Gallery is mainly a large open space. A second floor extends over the half of the gallery furthest from the door. This balcony adds more available wall space, while leaving plenty of room for the tallest works of art. It also breaks up the monotony of a large, empty room.
Temporary walls located within the gallery also allow more wall space.
The exterior of the Art Gallery is like the rest of the Scales Art Center. The red bricks that are a traditional architectural characteristic of Wake Forest buildings also form the exterior walls of the Art Center. One interesting architectural characteristic of the art center is the way that individual sections of the building are distinguishable from outside. The exterior appearance of the Scales Center is a very contemporary building composed of solid simple geometric forms which are fused together. The different shapes contain different parts of the building.