Dome

Entry pavilion, general view, looking north, showing the full west elevation (left) and south elevation (right); Slender and elongated, the majority of the Bloch Building exists under ground along the east side of the original Nelson-Atkins Building. Rising from the building's 840-foot expanse are five freestanding structures or "lenses" that emerge from the ground to create an undulating and varied interplay between architecture and landscape, especially within the Kansas City Sculpture Park. By day, light is reflected into galleries below. At night, gallery lights will glow softly through the mix of translucent and transparent glass panels, like Japanese lanterns illuminating the Sculpture Park. Source: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [website]; http://www.nelson-atkins.org (accessed 7/7/2008)