Norton Museum of Art

West Palm Beach FL, USA

Architect: Foster + Partners

Year Completed: 2019

Photography: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners

George Sexton Associates provided lighting design services for this museum expansion and renovation project. Behind the striking façade of the new building, the Foster + Partners provides a new suite of galleries, elegant spaces for public events and programs, and new offices and administrative spaces. The design also re-establishes the main entrance as a central feature of the building’s organization and presentation. The illumination of the grand foyer spaces behind glass curtain walls emphasizes the transparency of the building design and highlights these entrances as a key aspect of the building’s nighttime identity. Lighting systems within galleries are carefully integrated with acoustic ceiling systems and other services to provide flexible illumination for paintings, sculpture, and other artwork with minimal visual impact.