Kimbell Art Museum building by Louis Kahn

The Kimbell Art Museum building in Fort Worth was designed by architect Louis Kahn and completed in 1972. Its sequence of shallow barrel-vaulted galleries with carefully engineered skylights is widely cited as a seminal example of museum architecture that treats the building itself as public art. The structure uses natural light modulation and high-quality materials to create gallery spaces that are experienced as sculptural forms. The building sits on the Kimbell campus and is open to the public as part of the museum complex.