The Blanton Museum, The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas The University of Texas at Austin chose Booziotis and Company, working with Design Architect Kallmann McKinnell and Wood, to design the new Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art. As a university museum the Blanton's' program addressed not only the need to house and display art, but also to provide a space for instruction and interaction with the larger Austin community. Sited on the south edge of the UT campus, at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Congress Avenue, the Blanton Museum will become the formal southern gateway onto the UT campus. There was a strong desire on the Museum staff's part to produce a building that would be flexible enough to display a collection that is quite diverse. The collection includes Greek, Roman and Etruscan artifacts (ceramic and metal), a stunning collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, drawings and prints, the largest American collection of Latin American art, the Mitchner collection of contemporary art and a large, varied collection of prints and drawings. This broad range of art requires the creation of spaces that can accommodate both large and small works as well as areas where natural light can enliven the space or all natural light can be kept out to protect fragile works on paper. The temporary gallery space needed to be extremely flexible in its ability to house a variety of exhibits, whose character and size must both be considered in the gallery configuration. The museum would also need to accommodate a variety of visitors. There is the University of Texas student, classes of students brought together in a teaching environment, citizens of and visitors to the City of Austin, and finally groups of local school children. The building is designed around a central covered courtyard to provide a space that is flexible and can be used to allow simultaneous use of this space by these assorted groups. The visitor to the Blanton Museum will be treated to both beautifully constructed spaces and a museum that is human in scale and clearly organized. Beyond the needs of the museum were those of the University. The new Blanton Museum needed to fit into the overall requirements of the University master plan. The building is design to existing in harmony with the traditions began by Paul Cret. The museum building is a contextual, urbanistic response not only to the UT campus but also to the State Capitol building that sits at the far end of Congress Avenue.