The graceful Quadracci Pavilion is a sculptural, postmodern addition to
the Milwaukee Art Museum completed in 2001, designed by Spanish architect
Santiago Calatrava.

Windhover Hall is the grand entrance hall for the Quadracci Pavilion.
It is Santiago Calatrava’s postmodern interpretation of a Gothic Cathedral,
complete with flying buttresses, pointed arches, ribbed vaults,
and a central nave topped by a 90-foot-high glass roof. An average-sized,
two-story family home would fit comfortably inside the reception hall.

The hall’s chancel is shaped like the prow of a ship, with floor-to-ceiling
windows looking over Lake Michigan. Adjoining the central hall are
two tow-arched promenades, the Baumgartner Galleria and Schroeder Foundation
Galleria, with expansive views of the lake
and downtown.