"It's a new urban setting, a new living room for the city," says Daniel Libeskind of his design for new Denver art museum galleries.

Libeskind's vision begins in the lobby atrium, with its giant slanted column and corkscrew stairs. Skylights and angled slot windows streak the spaces with light -- many are fitted with custom Nysan shades from Hunter Douglas Contract.

Novel exhibit displays and large sculptures enhance the architectural theatrics.

While exuberant forms rule here, the palette of interior materials is quietly elegant. Libeskind used glass and Colorado stone in the public areas. There are simple, monolithic ceiling systems, too.

Integrated with reconfigurable track-lighting armatures, the ceilings -- Hunter Douglas Contract Techstyle acoustical panels -- conform tightly to the building's irregular planes.

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