This futuristic skyscraper is the BrickTopia Museum of Modern Art.
Some time ago the BrickTopia mayor was approached by the J Paul Getty Institute. This organization has the unusual problem of being so wealthy and profitable that they must constantly build additional museums and other research facilities in order to retain their tax exempt status. This time, it was proposed that a new art museum be built in BrickTopia to help soak up some of the excess funds.
As the museum was targeted at modern art, it was decided that the facade should be contemporary in nature. Also, the existing BrickTopia suburb of Euphoria was relatively flat and spread out, so a tall, thin building was suggested for contrast.
The architect settled on a standard "glass box" arrangement of glazed blue glass surrounded with black framing. However, the "box" is surrounded by a collection of two 90 degree circular panels in front, and two 180 degree circular pillars in the back. The result is a fairly unique blend of bold, hard edges intermixed with overlayed, soft curves. This contrast is further emphasized by making the curved portions white and the glass box completely black.
The roof is even more unusal.
Here, the curves are twisted to a perpendicular angle, and the black and white sections interract in a more complex manner..
Starting with the back, the crown of the building is highlited by a semi-circular, black saucer section turned on its side. This serves to top off the white pillars with a huge black mass that appears to be thrusting upwards from the center of the building.
From the back, the center roof covers most of the building's remaining mass with an odd set of curves more often seen on classical buildings. The intersection of this roof with the saucer in the back is overseen by two curved panels that together appear to form a portal from which the center of the roof is projecting.
The front section of the roof consists of a series of white and black arches that taper the roof line to frame the top of the slim window section in the front of the building.
This shows the first floor entrances.
Patrons may enter from any one of three doors.
Each entrance is framed with a variety of black, multi-angular structures.
This picture shows the back of the building.
The back is covered with a tall row of bay windows allowing great views of the city from any floor.
Note the BrickTopia Cathedral of Ice and associated monorail station nearby.
The closest route from the station to the art museum actually leads through the cathedral. One might think that church officials would be annoyed with such traffic. On the contrary, the church sees it as an ideal mechanism by which they can have access to the the stream of intellectuals flowing into the art museum. These intellectual liberals have blasphemously denied the faith in the past and the church is looking forward to accosting these individuals every single time they visit the accursed museum next door.
