The James Simon Gallery on Berlin's Museum Island was designed by David Chipperfield and named for the art patron Henri James Simon. It is the sixth building on the island, on the site of the Packhof by Schinkel, demolished in 1938. It opened on July 13, 2019. The article gives no start date or client.
Early plain-cube designs in satin glass and steel drew protests. A 2007 revision added a stone basement and colonnades continuing Stüler's colonnades at the Alte Nationalgalerie. A line of 70 white concrete columns stands about 30 feet (9 m) high. It has pleated concrete acoustic walls, a 300-seat auditorium and a 6,500 square foot (600 square meter) exhibition space.
The cost rose from a planned 94 million dollars to 157 million. Critics praised the building but noted the colonnade's similarity to Speer's Nuremberg Rally Grounds. The article gives no hours.
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