| Apr. 1997 |
Ray Nasher announces his intention to build the Nasher Sculpture Garden adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art. |
| Oct. 1997 |
Nasher meets Renzo Piano at the opening of the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland. |
| Fall 1997 |
Nasher’s vision for the project expands from a garden with a small visitor’s pavilion to a museum with an integrated garden. |
| Summer 1999 |
Ray Nasher selects Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) to design the Sculpture Center. |
| Summer 1999 |
RPBW presents its first concept: a long, low building on Harwood with a narrow garden. |
| Nov. 1999 |
RPBW presents its second concept: a two-story, five-bay building on Woodall Rodgers. |
| Spring 2000 |
Landscape Architect Peter Walker & Partners (PWP) joins the design team to collaborate on the garden design. |
| Jun. 2000 |
Renzo Piano and Peter Walker unveil their final design concept: a seamlessly integrated building and garden on Flora St. |
| Jan. 2001 |
Steven A. Nash appointed the Center’s first director. |
| Jan. 2001 |
Ground breaking ceremony. Construction begins. |
| Sep. 2002 |
Richard Serra’s 100,000 lb My Curves Are Not Mad is the first sculpture installed in the garden. |
| Oct. 2003 |
Nasher Sculpture Center opens. |
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