The Lenbachhaus in Munich began as a villa that Gabriel von Seidl designed for the painter Franz von Lenbach, built from 1887 to 1891. Hans Grässel expanded it in 1927 to 1929, Heinrich Volbehr and Rudolf Thönnessen added an extension in 1969 to 1972, and Norman Foster led the 2013 redevelopment. Munich acquired the building in 1924. The infobox lists no construction dates.
The article describes a Florentine-style villa with later additions and a new facade. Foster's facade is clad in metal tubes of a copper-aluminum alloy that will weather over time. It gives no dimensions.
The museum opened in 1929. The wing closed in 2009, and the 1972 extension was demolished. It reopened in May 2013. It is the municipal art museum, known for the largest Blue Rider collection in the world, and the affiliated Kunstbau shows young artists. The article gives no hours.
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