Renzo Piano, a celebrated museum architect, is already on his third model, a wooden structure consisting of 14 interconnecting buildings, painted red with glass roofs pointing to the north.

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Bold graphics etched in glass or painted in red denote rooms dedicated to "Training" and "Meeting" more like a corporate headquarters or community hall than a citadel of intellectual inquiry.

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The garden is a jungle of hundreds of life-sized concrete figures, painted or decorated with coloured glass and wirework.

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To demonstrate the technique, the team painted batteries onto steel, glass, ceramic tile and even a beer stein.

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The walls are painted in tones of sea glass and river rock.

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The glass and white-painted steel roof floats elegantly above the building, letting in natural light so that how the works look changes with the day.

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The 15, 000-square-foot mansion, with views on the Intracoastal, has kept many of the architectural features that the flamboyant diva ordered, including hand-painted walls, a domed stained glass skylight, five fireplaces, intricate crown moldings, a velvet-covered old-style theatre with a performance stage, etc .

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The galleries will be situated within walls of painted, waxed concrete (one of Mr Ando's favourite materials) and enveloped in glass, through which visitors can view the site's landscaped grounds and reflecting pond.

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