Starting around 1872, multiple organizations were founded in order to bring an art gallery to Milwaukee, as the city was still a growing port town with little or no places to hold major art exhibitions. Over at least nine years, all attempts to build a major art gallery had failed. In 1881, exhibitions were held at Milwaukee's Exposition Hall, which was Milwaukee's primary event venue at the time. Shortly after that year, Alexander Mitchell donated all of her collection into constructing Milwaukee's first permanent art gallery in the city's history. The museum's history began in 1882 when the Milwaukee Museum of Fine Arts was founded. The museum dissolved six years later. In 1888, the Milwaukee Art Association was created by a group of German panorama artists and local businessmen; its first home was the Layton Art Gallery. In 1911, the Milwaukee Art Institute, another building constructed to hold other exhibitions and collections, was completed. The institute was built right next to the Layton Art Gallery. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava.
I really like this design I think it is bold and dynamic almost like a work of art in its self. It looks kind of like it is being held up only by strings and like the other one looks a bit clustered and chaotic which I like about it because most buildings follow a straight kind of flat design. The whole layout just calls attention to it not only because the original style but also the way the building almost spreads across the field which is unusual as most buildings just go up and are narrow - this defiantly makes it more aesthetically pleasing.
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