Sketchup Saved My Life

I've been having a serious love affair with Google Sketchup. I'm not that comfortable drawing perspectives, so this software that lets you quickly make a model on the computer has hugely enhanced my perspectives. They help me keep everything to scale, and have really sped up my process!

This is the view from inside the bookstore/gift shop area. The steps to the after hours cocktail lounge on the mezzanine level double as a bookcase in the downstairs.

This is the view from the sidewalk of the museum at night. The light from the mezzanine cocktail lounge spills out onto 22nd street.

This is the staircase that takes you to the mezzanine cocktail/lounge as well as further up to the 2nd floor where the permanent collection is housed

The ticket office, just inside the gift shop area as you enter the museum.

This is the view across the mezzanine cocktail lounge/cafe.