By Alex Girda, Associate Editor<\/p>\n
One of Salt Lake City\u2019s attractions-to-be is the brand-new Natural History Museum of Utah as it reopens in a brand-new, $103 million facility. The building\u2019s catchy design is inspired by what the museum strives to present: the diverse landscape and particularities of Utah. The Rio Tinto Center, as it is currently called, was funded through a public-private partnership.<\/p>\n
The modern venue will employ both traditional and multimedia techniques in its presentations while charging a surprisingly small entrance fee for a new and attractive location. According to AirlinesandDestinations.com, an adult visitor is required to pay a fee of $9. This places the Natural History Museum of Utah\u2019s charging plan at a much cheaper level than other major museums across the United States. The structure will be as much an exhibit on the exterior as on the inside, as its 163,000 square feet of space will be covered in 42,000 square feet of copper.<\/p>\n
The building that will house the museum\u2019s more than 1.2 million specimens and objects was designed by a team comprising designer Todd Schliermann and Don Weinreich of Ennead Architects, as well as David Brems and John Branson from Gilles Stransky Brems Smith Architects. The design intends to encapsulate the feel of Utah\u2019s specific landscape, with its location \u2013 above the shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville \u2013 being one of its most significant features. The building will be marked by a central public space that will stand 60 feet high, serving as the building\u2019s focal point.<\/p>\n
The structure is loaded with green features, striving to incorporate non-polluting materials and use as many environmentally friendly technologies as possible. The Rio Tinto Center uses recycled materials, local resources, photovoltaic energy, radiant cooling, as well as a complex system to capture and manage storm water. It is striving for LEED Gold certification, an award that would make it only the 18th building to receive the distinction in the entire state of Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Alex Girda, Associate Editor One of Salt Lake City’s attractions-to-be is the brand-new Natural History Museum of Utah as it reopens in a brand-new, $103 million facility. The building’s catchy design is inspired by what the museum strives to present: the diverse landscape and particularities of Utah. The Rio Tinto Center, as it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,1606],"tags":[1815],"class_list":["post-1004050714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-salt-lake-city","tag-national"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n