This white stone building on the grounds of the University of Texas’s Blanton Museum was designed by the renowned artist Ellsworth Kelly. It is the only building the artist ever designed, and it is named for the location for which he designed it: Austin. Kelly envisioned the 2,715-square-foot stone building as a place of “joy and contemplation.” The initial designs for the building were made in 1986, but after the project fell through it was shelved for more than 30 years. Eventually, Kelly gifted the design concept to the Blanton Museum. …
