Architecture and style only in Soumaya

Design and art are the words that best describe the Soumaya Museum. As one of the great works of modernism surrounding the so-called New Polanco, place in which it is situated, the Soumaya Museum is perched on a structure in which the asymmetry and silver shapes steel shape this enclosure 46 meters high.

For purposes of artistic and cultural dissemination, the work of Mexican architect Fernando Romero has 16 selected finest collections of European and Latin American art, owned by tycoon Carlos Slim.

Strict care and design structure based different coatings that make it the only open space of the enclosure is the gateway, the optimum conditions are generated in the temperature of the site for conservation of each of the pieces in his They are shown inside, without having to alter the design of over 16 thousand hexagons comprising aluminum outside.

Inside it features six thousand 500 meters along six levels, two of which are used for temporary exhibitions and other rooms for permanent exhibitions in which, coupled with foreign artistic expressions you can also find exceptional pieces Mexican painters known as, José Clemente Orozco, Rufino Tamayo and Diego Rivera.

Architectural touches Soumaya are inspired by the French legacy of Augusto Rodin, of whom the second largest in the world of its esculturas.En collection its latest fashion campaign the prestigious brand is also exposed, Michael Kors chose the museum as one of the players because it is one of the best places in Mexico City that best portrays the design, art and history.

It is noteworthy that besides being as enigmatic meeting place and location for the culture of Mexico and the world, the Museum offers all the facilities to hold events inside; for which there is a café, wineries, lounge space and an auditorium for 350 people.

In this sense as well as being the setting for the contemplation of art, it is an enclosure in which often take place book presentations, exhibitions, product launches and the most exclusive cocktails.

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