ZGF Architects unveils angular Navy SEAL Museum design for San Diego harbourfront
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Summary
ZGF Architects has unveiled designs for a new Navy SEAL Museum on San Diego's harbourfront. The angular, metallic building is designed to evoke both the site's maritime context and the stealth, precision, and discipline of Navy SEALs. The museum connects the Lane Field Park neighborhood with the city's waterfront esplanades, featuring strict geometries and metallic volumes that reflect contemporary martial aesthetics.
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Its design features metallic volumes and strict geometries meant to evoke the site and contemporary martial qualities.
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