Neue Staatsgalerie

The Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, Germany, was designed by the British firm James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates, although largely accredited solely to partner James Stirling.

The building incorporates warm, natural elements of travertine and sandstone in classical forms, to contrast with the industrial pieces of green steel framing system and the bright pink and blue steel handrails.

This feature allows the public to reach the higher elevation behind the museum from the lower front of the building's main face.

[1] The Neue Staatsgalerie was designed after Stirling and Wilford won a limited entry competition in 1977.

[1] By uniting Modernist elements with overt Classicism, architectural critic Charles Jencks claims the gallery "epitomized the first stage of Post-Modernism in much the way the Villa Savoye and Barcelona Pavilion summarized early Modernism".