Frank Gehry to Design Weisman Addition

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Plans for the addition, slated to open in 2009, will be unveiled March 13. They call for adding 11,000 square feet to the existing 47,000-square-foot museum.

Gehry said architects do not often get the opportunity to design additions to their earlier buildings.

“The Weisman is special because it was the beginning of a new design direction for me,” he said, adding that the existing building, which he finished in 1993, always seemed incomplete because its back is a bland brick box, unlike its ornate riverside front.

“The expansion means we can bring the architecture around the museum to the pedestrian bridge and Coffman Plaza, something I felt was lacking from the beginning.”

Star Tribune: A twist in the tinfoil - Gehry doing Weisman addition