A strange looking building that resembles a piece of modern art, because it was designed to house art. Its design is a concave upright rectangle like a giant marble juice box with all the juice sucked out of it. Its edges are literally perforated with double rows of round holes arranged in squares of four. The perforations are of special note because they allow the art inside to be viewed, at least partially, in diffused natural light. At the top are a series of double volume arches, adding to the verticality of this building. The building is more than a place to house art, it is a modern design exhibit on its own.

But how much longer the building will keep this look is unknown. It's been a long time since the building's heyday. Just five years after it opened, the art museum closed and it was turned over to a New Jersey college. Later, the building became offices for city bureaucrats. A decade later even they moved out, leaving a very large, very pretty vacant space. Plans have been put together to re-open the building as a museum. But as part of the conversion into the Museum of Arts and Design, there are fears that the facade will be changed. This has preservationist groups up in arms who don't want this building's visual appeal changed. The central question is whether this building is of important historical value to the city and the art community, and as with any other art, there are always multiple interpretations.