The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Twin monumental fountains bracket the grand staircase at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s main entrance, energizing the museum’s redesigned Fifth Avenue plaza and enhancing the experiences of visitors and passers-by.The fountains’ strong, square-and-circle geometries connect with the museum’s neoclassical architecture in a fresh, contemporary manner. Both fountains offer seating on their north and south ledges and formal overflows to the east and west. Their radial arrangement of illuminated arches, suspended over a darkly incised reflection pool, flex and extend to reveal iconic, primal, three-dimensional expressions, elegantly transforming, one to another.