Location: Mexico City, Mexico.

Architect: Fernando Romero EnterprisE Architects.

Museo Soumaya opened to the public on March 29, 2011, after four years of development. It houses one of the most important art collections in Latin America with over 6,200 artworks and 60,000 square feet of exhibition space. Its avant-garde morphology and typology attempt to define a new paradigm in the history of Mexican and international architecture. The shell of the building is constructed with 28 steel curved columns of different diameters, and seven-ring beams provide a system that braces the structure and guarantees its stability. The top floor is the most generous space of the museum, and its roof is suspended from an impressive cantilever that allows natural daylight to flow in freely. The façade is made of hexagonal aluminium modules that optimize the preservation and durability of the entire building.