The spectacular contemporary architecture, by the New York team of Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, cradles the modest graces of the Merion structure with an air of religious veneration.
When Tod Williams and Billie Tsien of New York won the commission through a competition held by the Barnes Foundation, they even received the architectural equivalent of hate mail.
The match was plunged into controversy after 19 minutes, when Tod was short with a back pass, striker David Clarkson rounded Combe but had his heels clipped by the goalkeeper.