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“The Broad Art Museum presents as a sharp, directed body, comprising directional pleats which reflect the topographic and circulatory characteristics of its surrounding landscape. Its outer skin echoes these different directions and orientations–giving the building an ever-changing appearance that arouses curiosity yet never quite reveals its content. This open character underlines the museum’s function as a cultural hub for the community.”

–Zaha Hadid, in her architect’s statement for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The $40 million building opened to the public on Saturday.

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