New York architects Axis Mundi have re-imagined the Whitney Downtown Museum on Madison Avenue in New York.

With an intense sculptural presence, the design represents an historical extension of the Whitney’s commitment to innovative architecture.

A desire for column-free galleries led the architects to create a perimeter superstructure to contain 
the staircases, escalators, elevators, and mechanical rooms.
This structural lattice allows the galleries to float freely, suspended like bridges and allows light 
to flood the building in unexpected and dramatic ways.

Axis Mundi say about their creation: ‘We imagine the contemporary museum to be a dynamic environment – a space that is less a container and more of a conduit.’

Read the original blog post here on Designboom.