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Rich and Nancy Kinder established the Kinder Foundation in 1997 to provide major gifts to public causes with the intention of helping people realize healthy and rewarding lives. Since then, the Foundation has focused its grants on projects and programs that enhance urban green space, education and quality of life in the Houston area. As of December 31, 2024, the Kinder Foundation has distributed more than $621.4 million of the over $850 million in grants committed.
Rich Kinder, Chairman
As chairman of the Foundation, Rich oversees the vision and strategic leadership of the organization's major gifts, some of which include the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, among others.

Rich is also Executive Chairman of Kinder Morgan, Inc., one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America.

Rich is co-founder of Kinder Morgan, which was formed in February 1997. Kinder Morgan owns an interest in or operates 84,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 180 terminals. The company's pipelines transport primarily natural gas, refined petroleum products, CO2 and crude oil and its terminals store, transfer and handle such products as gasoline, ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel. He receives a salary of $1 a year and is the largest shareholder of Kinder Morgan.

Kinder Morgan is one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies in America and was previously recognized as the top company among all industries for "Quality of Management."

Rich is a past recipient of Morningstar's CEO of the Year award.

Rich received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri and served in Vietnam as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and is a life trustee and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
Nancy Kinder, President and CEO
As president and CEO of the Foundation, Nancy oversees the vision and strategic leadership of the organization's major gifts, some of which include Discovery Green, Buffalo Bayou Park, Bayou Greenways, Memorial Park Conservancy, Buffalo Bayou East, and Third Ward, among others.

Nancy is from New Iberia, Louisiana and attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is the founding chairman of the Discovery Green Conservancy, a non-profit organization that worked in partnership with the city of Houston and other foundations to develop an urban park in downtown Houston.

Currently, she serves as Chairman of The Downtown Park Corp. and President of the Advisory Board of Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research. She also serves on the Greater Houston Partnership's Executive Committee and the board of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

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The Kinders Bio & About The Kinder Foundation

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Rich and Nancy Kinder established the Kinder Foundation in 1997 to provide major gifts to public causes with the intention of helping people.

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El Kinder Building fue planeado como una expansión del Museum of Fine Arts de Houston. Dispuesto para albergar el arte moderno y contemporáneo.

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Rychiee Espinosa, Yiqing Zhao, Lourenzo Amaro de Oliveira, Garrick Ambrose, Xi Chen, Carolina Cohen Freue, JongSeo Lee, Vahe Markosian, Elise Riley, Christopher Rotman, Yun Shi, Alfonso Simelio, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Yasmin Vobis, Yiqing Zhao (Equipo de proyecto)

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Online Purchases FAQs Hours & Admissions Accessibility Resources MFAH@Home Tickets Visiting Guidelines Información sobre el Museo Sarofim Campus Dining The MFA Shop Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Rienzi Glassell School of Art Group Visits & Tours

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Houston, Texas, United States. 2020

PROGRAM: museum addition with exhibition space, galleries, seven garden courtyards, 215-seat theater, two pedestrian tunnels, parking arrival hall, conference rooms, restaurant overlooking sculpture garden, café, and a triple-story Forum

CLIENT: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

SIZE: 237,213 sf

STATUS: Complete

The new museum architecture of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is characterized by porosity, opening the ground floor at all elevations. Seven gardens slice the perimeter, marking points of entry and punctuating the elevations. The largest garden court, at the corner of Bissonnet and Main Street, marks a central entry point on the new campus. When standing in the great new entrance lobby of the Kinder Building, one can see gardens in four directions and feel the inviting energy of a new sense of openness to the community.

The new ground level is an activated social space open to the community with longer hours than the two gallery floors above. A fine restaurant opens to the Cullen Sculpture Garden, a café to Bissonnet, and galleries open to Main Street. Special performances might take place in the Brown Foundation Plaza and Glassell rooftop garden.

The Texas sky opens 180°overhead above a luminous canopy covering the new building. Concave curves, imagined from cloud circles, push down on the roof geometry, allowing natural light to slip in with precise measure and quality, perfect for top-lit galleries. The undersides of the curved ceiling become light reflectors, catching and sliding the light across each unique gallery experience. These curved slices of light shape the gallery spaces organically in a unique way related to the organic qualities of the lush vegetation and water characterizing the new campus. Rather than mechanical and repetitive, the light is organic and flowing echoing the movement of the galleries.

Organized horizontally on two levels, all galleries have natural light and are flexible with open flow. The gallery rooms of ideal proportions are centered around an open forum. The open flow through galleries is punctuated by views into the seven gardens with green trellises offering shade from glare. The central gallery forum provides generous spaces for the exhibition of art and vertical circulation to the upper floors. A stepped ramp and elevators link the lobby and gallery levels for direct access to all galleries.

Within the horizontal collection of stone (1924), steel and glass (1958, 1974), and stone (2000), the Kinder Building adds a horizontal architecture in translucent glass. The curved glass elements have a soft texture, alabaster-like. At night the glowing translucent walls will be reflected in the water gardens and provide an open invitation to enter the museum. In complementary/contrast, the Kinder Building provides a strong contribution to the existing unique collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston architecture.

To see more about the Museum of Fine Arts Campus Expansion visit the project page here.

To see more about the Glassell School of Art, completed in 2018, as a part of the Museum of Fine Arts Campus Expansion visit the project page here.

Ecological Innovation +

- LEED Silver
- "cold jacket" of glass tubes reduces solar gain by 70%
- natural light to all spaces
- displacement ventilation
- shaded loggias at grade
- sited to preserve all Live Oak trees

architect

- Steven Holl Architects

Steven Holl (principal)

Chris McVoy (design architect)

Olaf Schmidt (senior associate)

Filipe Taboada (project architect)

Rychiee Espinosa, Yiqing Zhao, Lourenzo Amaro de Oliveira, Garrick Ambrose, Xi Chen, Carolina Cohen Freue, JongSeo Lee, Vahe Markosian, Elise Riley, Christopher Rotman, Yun Shi, Alfonso Simelio, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Yasmin Vobis, Yiqing Zhao (project team)

structural engineers

- Guy Nordenson & Associates

Michael J. Lewis, The Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2020 "As a place for viewing art, and in terms of sheer sensational impact, the Kinder is a triumph. It is impressive by day or night, adroitly integrated into its site, and-best of all-designed with special consideration for the ease and comfort of its users."

Gary Tinterow, Director of MFAH, September 2020 "In the dynamic spaces that Steven Holl Architects has designed for the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, our distinctive holdings of modern and contemporary art will soon have the showcase they deserve."

Natilee Harren, "Better Faster, Stronger, Kinder" Art Forum, December 17, 2020 "The gaps between the curved planes let in just the right amount of soft radiance, a theme carried throughout the building's lighting concept, which for the most part achieves a warm elegance."

Jack Murphy, "A Beautiful Series of Tubes" Rice Design Alliance, November 20, 2020 "The exterior is the most innovative and compelling part of the building. It advances a dialogue of "complementary contrast" with the two existing buildings: Distinct from Mies's thin transparency (1958/1974) and Moneo's thick opacity (2000), Holl's scheme explores thick translucency. . . . The overall effect conceals the true size of the building and provides a repetitive, convex, muted façade that's refreshingly abstract."

Illya Azaroff, FAIA, 2021 AIA New York State President "Every year the jury selects one project that they agree stands out above all the others. . . The jury felt that the form is inventive and seductive and material expression lucent and cogent. Site relationships to its neighbors are well considered and clear and the circulation through the museum is intuitive. The exterior provides a beacon in the center of the arts district. It showcases innovative thinking about topography and lightness." - Illya Azaroff, FAIA, 2021 AIA New York State President

2021 AIA New York Design, Honor Award and "Best of the Best"

2021 Texas Society of Architects Design Award

2021 Architecture MasterPrize, and "Best of the Best"

2021 Houston Business Journal Landmark Award for Community Impact

2021 AZ Award Finalist

2020 Architectural Digest, Most Anticipated Building of the Year

2020 Vanceva World of Color Awards - Exterior Category Winner

2020 Azure Magazine, Top 10 Architecture Projects of the Year

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STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS - NANCY AND RICH KINDER MUSEUM BUILDING, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON (MFAH)

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The new museum architecture of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is characterized by porosity, opening the ground floor at all elevations. Seven gardens slice the perimeter, marking points of entry and punctuating the elevations. The largest garden court, at the corner of Bissonnet and Main Street, marks a central entry point on the new [...]

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Responsables de diseñar la estructura compuesta del edificio, que incluye:

El diseño del inusual techado curvo, con una retícula de acero de dos direcciones que permite la geometría irregular del volumen superior .

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Guy Nordenson and Associates - Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, Museum of Fine Arts Houston

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Guy Nordenson and Associates (GNA) is a New York–based structural engineering, research and design practice.

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ICOR Associates LLC es una firma de ingeniería especializada en sistemas MEP (Mecánica, Eléctrica y Plomería). Trabajan en proyectos que requieren integración técnica avanzada de sistemas como HVAC, electricidad, iluminación, agua y puestas en marcha eficientes.

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ICOR Associates, LLC, is recognized as one of the New York metropolitan region’s leading consulting engineering firms with a portfolio of cultural, healthcare, and real estate development projects.

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Walter P Moore | Global Engineering Firm

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On July 3rd, LUMSA University and the Bioarchitecture Foundation will host a major international event

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La obra inicio 2012 y finalizó con la apertura el 21 de noviembre de 2020

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The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from above. Photo by Peter Molick / Thomas Kirk III

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus
The campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has been transformed with a school and gallery building, designed by Steven Holl Architects; a conservation center, designed by Lake|Flato Architects; and a landscape plan by Deborah Nevins & Associates that knits together a century's worth of signature architectural structures. The entire project, underway since 2012, was completed with the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building on November 21, 2020.
Questions about the campus redevelopment? Contact expansion@mfah.org or 713.830.5280.

The Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus

Encompassing 14 acres in the heart of Houston's Museum District, the MFAH campus-redevelopment project is a major contribution to the city's efforts to improve the pedestrian experience of Houston. With an array of public plazas, reflecting pools, and gardens, as well as improved sidewalks, street lighting, and way-finding, the Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus provides an active setting for three significant new structures:
* A 237,213-square-foot-building for 20th- and 21st-century art: The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
* A 102,528-square-foot home for the Museum's school: The Glassell School of Art
* A 37,864-square-foot, state-of-the-art conservation center: The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation
Additional key elements
* Two underground parking garages
* Two pedestrian tunnels: one between the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building and the Caroline Wiess Law Building, and one between the Glassell School of Art and the Kinder Building
* A renewed Cullen Sculpture Garden; designed by Isamu Noguchi, it has been restored as part of the campus project

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Designed by Steven Holl Architects
Opening Day: November 21, 2020 Architecture Highlights of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
The translucent Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, dedicated to art after 1900 from the MFAH collections, stands in complementary contrast to the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed Caroline Wiess Law Building (1958/74) and stone facade of Rafael Moneo's Audrey Jones Beck Building (2000).
Art Highlights of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gathered under a "luminous canopy" roof, the concave curves reference the billowing clouds that fill the "big sky" of Texas

Vertical, translucent-glass tubes cladding the facades

Two floors and more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space circling a three-level atrium space, with the distinctive roof allowing natural light to flood the central spaces

Increases overall MFAH exhibition space by nearly 75 percent

The 215-seat Lynn Wyatt Theater; a restaurant; and a café

Seven gardens and six reflecting pools inset along the building's perimeter

See previews of collection highlights and the inaugural thematic installations.

Dedicated to presenting works from the Museum's international collections of modern and contemporary art

Opens with the first comprehensive installation of these works, drawn from the collections of Latin American and Latino art; photography; prints and drawings; decorative arts, craft, and design; and modern and contemporary art

A flexible black-box gallery at the street-level entry of the building is permanently devoted to immersive installations, with inaugural presentations of the work of Yayoi Kusama, Gyula Kosice, and James Turrell

The second-floor galleries are organized by curatorial department; each highlights collection strengths

The third-floor galleries feature Connecting Currents: Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston-five inaugural thematic installations that present art from the 1960s onward

Site-Specific Commissioned Artworks

A series of major site-specific commissioned artworks, inaugurated with the Kinder Building, serve as portals that connect the new structure with the other components of the Sarofim Campus. Located at strategic points, the works are designed to mark moments of transition on the campus and activate public spaces. These works of art have been commissioned from a roster of renowned, international artists.

El Anatsui

Byung Hoon Choi

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Ólafur Elíasson

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Cristina Iglesias

Jason Salavon

Ai Weiwei

The Glassell School of Art & The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza
Designed by Steven Holl Architects, with plaza designed by Deborah Nevins & Associates in collaboration with Nevins & Benito Landscape Architecture, D.P.C.
Completed 2018
The L-shaped Glassell School of Art building is constructed from nearly 200 sandblasted, pre-cast concrete panels, alternating with panes of glass, in a rhythm of verticals and slight angles.

Highlights of the Glassell School of Art
* The PNC Roof Garden, a sloping, walkable green roofline offering dramatic views of the Sarofim campus and the Houston skyline
* Fronts onto The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, with its ample outdoor space for programs and performances, and two significant works of public sculpture: Cloud Column (2006) by Anish Kapoor and Song of Strength (1966) by Eduardo Chillida
* A street-level café for students and the public
* Provides studio and classroom space for Glassell School of Art students from pre-K to post graduate

The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation

Evening view of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation by Lake|Flato Architects. Photograph © Richard Barnes

Designed by Lake|Flato Architects
Completed 2018
Constructed on top of the pre-existing Binz Street parking garage, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation houses state-of-the art conservation labs and studios.

Highlights
* Brings the MFAH conservation team together under one roof and in close proximity to the Museum
* Provides facilities not only for MFAH research and conservation projects, but also for national and international collaborations

#MFAHTransforms

Time-Lapse: Anish Kapoor's Cloud Column

The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza & PNC Roof Garden

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The campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is being transformed.

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Fueron los ingenieros MEP principales del proyecto, responsables del diseño y supervisión de sistemas de climatización, electricidad, plomería y control interno.

Su trabajo asegura que el edificio mantenga condiciones óptimas de temperatura, ventilación y funcionamiento interno, alineándose con los objetivos estéticos y sostenibles del diseño de Steven Holl, en colaboración con Transsolar.

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Junto a Steven Holl, diseñaron la doble piel de vidrio tubular, un “COLD JACKET” que reduce significativamente la ganancia de calor solar.

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Matthew Snellgrove Firma responsable: Legends

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Matthew Snellgrove Firma responsable: Legends

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Legends is a global premium experiences company that specializes in delivering holistic solutions for sports and entertainment

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Legends colaboró con el equipo de Steven Holl Architects y McCarthy Building (como CM at‑risk) en toda la gestión y coordinación global del proyecto

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El diseño y supervisión de la cimentación, drenaje, vías peatonales y adecuaciones del sitio, especialmente considerando las condiciones urbanas, elevaciones del terreno y la integración con los túneles subterráneos que conectan con otros edificios del MFAH.

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McCarthy completes Nancy and Rich Kinder Building for Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – CCR-People

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McCarthy Building Companies Inc. recently completed construction on the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. This is the second phase of expansion for Texas’ oldest museum and the largest cultural project in North America.

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Es un arquitecto diplomado en arquitectura por la Universidad de Washington en 1971. Realizó estudios de Arquitectura en Roma y un curso de postgrado en la Architectural Association de Londres, en 1976. Después de comenzar su carrera en California, estableció su propia empresa, Steven Holl Architects.

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Steven Holl Architects ha sido reconocido internacionalmente. Entre sus premios se incluyen

Premio Velux Daylight a la Luz Natural en la Arquitectura (2016)

Premio Praemium Imperiale de Arquitectura (2014)

Medalla de Oro del Instituto Americano de Arquitectos (2012)

Premio Jencks del RIBA (2010)

Premio Fundación BBVA Fronteras del Conocimiento (2009)

Grande Médaille D'Or de la Academia Francesa de Arquitectura (2001)

Premio Alvar Aalto (1998).

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Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, RichMond

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Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, RichMond

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Aunque Steven Holl fue el arquitecto de diseño, la ejecución directa del proyecto también involucró a Kendall/Heaton Associates como partícipe principal en:

Administración del proyecto: gestión técnica y legal, coordinación con contratistas, ingenierías y autoridades.

Documentación arquitectónica: realización de planos constructivos, detalles técnicos y supervisión de calidad de obra.

Facilitación entre diseño y construcción: ajustaron el diseño de fachada, estructuras y acabados para asegurar factibilidad real.

Coordinación con guías internacionales: garantizaron que todos los elementos cumplieran las normas locales y los estándares de diseño.

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Participó en planificación avanzada, modelado 3D y fue responsable de la construcción estructural y sistemas del edificio

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Together, we overcome the toughest challenges and maximize outcomes for our clients, workforce, communities and families.

About McCarthy

From our industry-leading approaches to safety and quality, to our passion for progressive delivery, innovation and technology, we deliver certainty by focusing on what matters to you.

Our Approach

We combine expertise, process innovation and technology into services that proactively identify and address challenges - saving time and money on every project.

We leverage national resources and talent to build across the country and positively impact each community we touch.

Our Commitment

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McCarthy - Construction for Superior, Lasting Results

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Brindó servicios de ingeniería estructural, incluyendo diseño de muros perimetrales de concreto y estructura de acero para cada piso y techo

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IMEG provided structural engineering services for Kinder Building at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - IMEG

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Engineering consultant IMEG provided structural engineering for the Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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Myrex Industries participó en el proceso constructivo del Kinder Building como responsable de la fabricación e instalación de la estructura de acero, elemento clave en la composición arquitectónica del museo

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Myrex is proud to provide steel for the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

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International structural and façade engineering firm

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knippershelbig is an international structural and façade engineering firm based in Stuttgart, Berlin und New York.

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El equipo de Steve Holl colaboró ​​con la firma alemana de ingeniería Knippers Helbig para diseñar un conjunto elegante y robusto. Unos estabilizadores de acero galvanizado, anclados a la estructura de hormigón del edificio, sostienen una serie de estantes de acero sobre los que descansa el peso de los tubos de vidrio. La silicona estructural fija los semitubos de vidrio a clips de aluminio que se atornillan a la estructura de acero y absorben las cargas laterales

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MFAH Kinder Building’s “Cold Jacket” Facade - Texas Architect Magazine

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The Steven Holl Architects-designed Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is clad with half-tubes…

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1100 tubos de vidrio semicirculares de 76 cm de diámetro

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El vidrio se sometió a pruebas continuas durante la producción para garantizar la calidad deseada.

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Dentro de la amplia cavidad entre los tubos y el hormigón, también hay una pasarela para el mantenimiento y la limpieza

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Se encargó directamente de la fabricación y colocación del concreto, sin subcontratar esta actividad.

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Together, we overcome the toughest challenges and maximize outcomes for our clients, workforce, communities and families.

About McCarthy

From our industry-leading approaches to safety and quality, to our passion for progressive delivery, innovation and technology, we deliver certainty by focusing on what matters to you.

Our Approach

We combine expertise, process innovation and technology into services that proactively identify and address challenges - saving time and money on every project.

We leverage national resources and talent to build across the country and positively impact each community we touch.

Our Commitment

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La empresa que fue proveedora del acero para la estructura del techo del Kinder Building fue Myrex Industries

Fabricaron 1 700 toneladas de acero.

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Check out our featured project, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum of Fine Arts! Myrex provided 1,700 tons of steel

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La empresa Fisk Electric Company fue la contratista principal para las instalaciones eléctricas del Kinder Building, incluyendo el sistema de iluminación, controles, alimentación eléctrica y tableros de distribución

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L'Observatoire International colaboró ​​con el arquitecto Steven Holl para crear los efectos de la iluminación

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L’Observatoire International is a lighting design firm established by Hervé Descottes in 1993 in New York City. The firm works within a range of different spatial expressions including architecture, landscape, urban, and fine art projects.

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QuarkStar es el principal proveedor de iluminación de galería para el edificio central del proyecto de museo

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Interior gallery walls need to be illuminated uniformly from top to bottom so that art pieces do not have to compete for attention against background light gradations. And the illumination needs to be seamless with daylight introduced through architectural design. ​ The illumination solution needs to vanish into the architecture and cost effective, using only single rows of fixtures.

All of this together has been extremely difficult to do with conventional lighting technologies.

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Terreno dispuesto para la expansión del museo

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La Fundación ha centrado sus subvenciones en proyectos y programas que mejoran los espacios verdes urbanos, la educación y la calidad de vida en el área de Houston. Al 31 de diciembre de 2024, la Fundación Kinder ha distribuido más de $621.4 millones de los más de $850 millones en subvenciones comprometidas.