![Glass walls and floors allow passerby to peak into the spaces below. “That was tricky to do too, the glass sidewalk,” says Renfro, “not only because it's exposed to Berkeley life, which is a little more rough-and-tumble than people imagine [but] we're in one of the highest seismic zones in the country.”
In fact, the combination of old Art Deco and modern Art Deco-inspired architecture is far more than symbolic: “the new addition…is actually an armature that helps the old building achieve seismic stability. So, in fact, they don't just visibly support each other and embrace each other, they actually work together structurally in a seismic capacity. They’re codependent elements.” Photo 3 of 9 in A Floating Theater Hides Within this Art Deco-Inspired Modern Museum by Zach Edelson](https://images2.dwell.com/photos/6063391372700811264/6133581152209580032/original.jpg?auto=format&q=35&w=160)
A Floating Theater Hides Within this Art Deco-Inspired Modern Museum
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Glass walls and floors allow passerby to peak into the spaces below. “That was tricky to do too, the glass sidewalk,” says Renfro, “not only because it's exposed to Berkeley life, which is a little more rough-and-tumble than people imagine [but] we're in one of the highest seismic zones in the country.”
In fact, the combination of old Art Deco and modern Art Deco-inspired architecture is far more than symbolic: “the new addition…is actually an armature that helps the old building achieve seismic stability. So, in fact, they don't just visibly support each other and embrace each other, they actually work together structurally in a seismic capacity. They’re codependent elements.”