Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River

Swiss architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has released a plans for an earth- and glass-clad building overlooking the Mississippi River that will house the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
The project will see the existing art museum relocated to this new 112,000-square-foot (10,405-square-metre) building that will be located in downtown Memphis and perched on a bluff above the river.
The new museum will include a glass pavilion
The updated Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will comprise a rectili