LD+A February 2018: Museum of Anthropology Timelapse

A new gallery at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver mimics real-time daylight conditions via a custom sensor and tunable light to showcase art ‘in the wild’

Set on the cliffs of Point Grey in Vancouver, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia is as world-renowned for its remarkable architecture as it is for its art collection. The concrete and glass building was designed by Canadian architect Arthur Erickson and integrates into the landscape with views of mountains and ocean, indigenous plants and grasses, and an outdoor sculpture complex that includes several totem poles by contemporary First Nations artists.

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