The Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Art Collection in Buenos Aires was designed by Rafael Viñoly. The founder's foundation contracted the architect, and the article calls the design Modernist. Construction began in 2002, and the museum was inaugurated on October 22, 2008. It overlooks the northernmost dock in Puerto Madero.
The building is concrete, steel and glass, with more than 6,000 square meters (65,000 sq ft) of indoor space. The roof carries mobile aluminum awnings that open and close with the sun's position. The founder wanted to look at pictures and the stars at the same time.
Inside are two exhibition halls, seven galleries holding 230 works at opening, a library, an auditorium and a café-restaurant. The collection includes a Turner painting, Juliet and her Nurse. The article gives no hours.
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