The Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein, who won the design competition in 1983. A reference cites the city's building office, but the text names no owner. Ground-breaking was delayed until 1987, and the museum opened on June 6, 1991. The text names no style.
Hollein fitted the building to a three-sided site, so the large rooms at the narrow end are wedge-shaped. Its triangular shape earned the nickname Tortenstück, or piece of cake. It has three stories with about 38,000 square feet (3,500 square meters) of exhibition space, a mezzanine for the library and archive, and a basement with workshops and a lecture hall. The text names no materials.
It cost about 38 million dollars. The collection centers on the Karl Ströher legacy of Pop art and Minimalism and holds over 4,500 works. Susanne Pfeffer has been director since 2018. The article gives no hours or admission.
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