San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

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Art museums
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1987–1989
San Francisco, CA
John R. Lane, Director
Mario Botta, Architect
$55 Million
225,000 SF
New construction
Project completed 1995
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art went through many separate phases to develop the current building site. M. Goodwin Associates’ full-time work for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art first entailed a feasibility study assessing the viability of the museum’s possible move as a joint tenant into the base of a commercial skyscraper. When the feasibility study for this indicated that the project was unsuitable for the museum’s needs, a second study looked at the museum spread out over two sites: the current site and the Jessie Street Substation. This also proved impractical and too costly. The third program consisted of site acquisition for the current site on Third between Mission and Howard; and this program was directed by MGA. We then produced three full building programs and several partial ones along with numerous cost estimates and directed the architect selection program. This process required extensive work with the board of trustees and its numerous committees, as well as the entire staff of the museum.

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