museum of anthropology

The museum was built to house a collection of predominantly West Coast Indian artifacts. The building incorporates three World War II gun emplacements which form an interior feature and serve as a foundation for part of the building. A series of parallel, freestanding frames of rising height and increasing spans house a totem pole exhibition. The frames are precast, prestressed elements assembled using post-tensioned cables. Glass structural mullions provide support for the glass walls which enclose the space.