The museum is designed in close conjunction with the 19-story residential tower that houses it. The building's L-shaped plan cradles a plaza on the circle facing west toward Central Park. The strong character of the museum's trapezoidal windows with bronze-painted aluminum mullions set into pre-cast concrete panels on the museum's north and west facades suggests in an abstract way woven patterns. The museum maintains its own distinct identity within the larger structure, but the rhythm of the museum facade carries upward to the residences above.