The museum will be built on 15th and Delgany streets in the Riverfront Park neighborhood in the Central Platte Valley. Developer Mark Falcone and his wife, graphic artist designer Ellen Bruss, are donating the land. East West Partners sold the land to Falcone, principal of Continuum Partners with the agreement he would donate it to the museum. In exchange, Falcone will build some high-end townhomes near the museum.
If the museum does not go forward, the land must be returned to East West Partners, Mark Smith, principal of East West tells GlobeSt.com. However, Smith adds that he is a big supporter of the museum.
Adjaye will be designing a 15,000-sf to 20,000-sf building. It will house gallery spaces for multi-media work of arts, work on paper, architecture and design and photography.
In addition, the museum will provide educational space. The Whole Rome will allow students to partake in film lecture, music, poetry and conferences.
"The synergy between MCA's vision and David Adjaye's aesthetic facility will produce a building that is in harmony with the expanding matrix of today's contemporary art world," says Cydney Payton, director and curator of MCA.
Adds Karl Kister, president of MCA and a member of the selection committee, "We believe that (Adjaye) has the most direct connection to our mission and an excellent understanding of contemporary art, theory, practice and presentation."Adjaye says "creativity, diversity and inclusion are cornerstones of my work. This project is an opportunity of a lifetime and I eagerly look forward to putting into practice the dynamic mission that the MCA has set forth."
The current museum is in temporary space at Sakura Square at 1275 19th St.
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