Groundbreaking today on new Salvador Dali Museum – St. Petersburg Times

St. Petersburg Times reports

“The future home of the Salvador Dali Museum is a blank canvas, a smooth greensward adjacent to the Mahaffey Theater on the downtown waterfront.

The design by Tampa-based architect Yann Weymouth of the international firm HOK has to serve two practical imperatives: display the collection, the most comprehensive in the world, to best advantage; and protect it from the ravages of a possible storm, up to a Category 5 hurricane, with 18-inch concrete walls.”

[SOURCE: St. Petersburg Times – Groundbreaking today on new Salvador Dali Museum]