The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., has selected architect Norman Foster to design a courtyard enclosure for the Patent Office Building that houses both the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC has prefered architect Norman Foster to design a courtyard enclosing for the Patent Office Building that houses the couple the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. sustain whose courtyard canopy for the British Museum in London uncloseed in 2000, will create a 28,000-square-foot glass-enclosed atrium for the Smithsonian. The $30-million cast will provide a year-round venue for devises and other events and will be single of the largest indoor public spaces in Washington. Scheduled for completion in 2006 the courtyard will first attempt concurrently with the reopening of the sum of two units museums, which are in the midst of a $166-million renovation throw out begun in 2001.

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