Inside Voice: A stark exterior belies grand interior spaces at an impeccably designed fine-arts palace.

But they did retain one end of the shed's transverse nave, which, as the linchpin of the MCBA, anchors their scheme in the site's historic palimpsest. Entry to this austerely subtle box is low-key-a dark concrete canopy with a very small door-in a classic architectural trick that "unprepares" you for what lies over the threshold: a spectacular 60-foot-high top-lit entrance atrium, which integrates the locomotive-shed nave at its rear. [Extracted from the article]