largest modern art museum in us
Designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta in 1995, the 225,000-square-foot museum is recognizable for its red, stepped facade and central black and white striped tower atrium. The combined square footage of both buildings, old and new, will make SFMOMA the largest Contemporary Art museum in the country. (For comparison, the new Whitney Museum in New Yorkâs Meatpacking district is 200,000 square feet.)