This just in, the Borg have crash landed in San Francisco. Settle down Picard, put your phaser back on stun and go play a game of handball in holodeck. Last weekend marked the opening of San Francisco’s new Contemporary Jewish Museum, which the locals have been gawking at for months. We’re all for futuristic contemporary architecture, especially when it’s somewhere other than Dubai, but the images your looking at haven’t totally sold us. This addition to the red brick museum looks as though it does not blend into the surrounding skyscrapers, and the church located next door. Maybe this is a Xeno worshiping centre masquerading as a Jewish Museum. Conspiracy theorists, put on your triple layer tinfoil hats!
Back to the topic at hand. The outside is very slick, but perhaps a bit too bold for the neighbourhood. That said, at least you can really appreciate the interior without any sort of negative criticisms. The white ceiling amplifies the amount of light, which naturally enters into the space. At a glance, the ceiling actually reminds us of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the ROM in Toronto. No details as to whether or not this new building meets any LEED standards, and I’m pretty sure I’d feel a lot different about the outside if the building was skinned in solar panels.
