Museum of Performance and Design

The sweeping curves of this design proposal by architect Mark Dziewulski were created in collaboration with ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, and were inspired by the movement and rhythm expressed in many of the performing arts.  The design is one of four projects short-listed for the San Francisco, California Museum of Performance and Design, and is the first international arts institution devoted entirely to the performing arts and theatrical design.  The building’s form is also reminiscent of “the twists of a conductor’s baton, the swirl of fabric in the clothes of a performer and the stage curtains that open to allow an audience into the world of the imagination,” according to Dziewulski.  The museum is intended to be a highly visible landmark and an architecturally significant design that crosses the boundaries of education, age, and culture.