National Museum of African American History and Culture - exterior corona lattice

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, opened in 2016, features a distinctive three-tiered 'corona' clad in bronze-colored metal panels forming a decorative lattice. The museum's exterior lattice was designed by lead architect David Adjaye and draws inspiration from West African Yoruba motifs and historic ironwork created by African Americans in the southern United States; it also performs sun-shading and environmental-control functions for the building. The museum's architecture and cladding are documented in Smithsonian and architectural records as central elements of the building's design.