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Soumaya Museum

Soumaya Museum

Also known as Museo Soumaya Plaza Carso

Year

2011

Style

Contemporary

Type

museum

Love it or hate it, Fernando Romero's museum is impossible to ignore. The asymmetric tower is clad in 16,000 hexagonal aluminum tiles that shimmer and distort reflections, making the building appear to shift shape as you move around it.…

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  1. 2011

    Original construction

    Fernando Romero

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