The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando in 2000-2001. This two-story museum opened its new building at the end of 2002. The museum’s permanent collection consists of more than 2,600 works, including paintings, sculpture, site-specific installations, drawings, prints, photographs, and video and digital imagery. The building is set on eleven acres, including a large reflecting pool and areas of outdoor sculptures. The building has 53,000 square feet of gallery space (Reference 1).

The Modern Art Museum introduces natural light into the galleries through different fenestration systems that include skylights, clerestories with interior and exterior louvers, and side light windows with and without interior screens (Figure 2).