Audrey Jones Beck Building

Designed by architect Rafael Moneo, the Audrey Jones Beck Building opened to acclaim in March 2000. It represents the first major museum commission in the United States for Moneo, the 1996 recipient of architecture's highest honor, the Pritzker Prize. Among the Beck Building's exterior signatures are a series of rooftop lanterns that provide natural lighting for many of the galleries. The New York Times hailed the building as a "stunning surprise: a museum filled with an explosion of overhead natural light and major artworks."