The Asian Art Museum - View - San Francisco's new museum

Architectural Review, The, June, 2003 by Paula Deitz

Sexton is a true magician of light; the source is always mysterious but effective. The glow that appears to emanate from each object may even be in the display shelf itself as in the luminous jade gallery. And in a masterful stroke, a Japanese tea house, designed by Osamu Sato and fabricated by Nakamura Yoshiaki from an old Kyoto family firm of carpenters, has been installed as both a glass-fronted showcase to display the tea utensils and traditional scroll within and as a genuine place for tea ceremonies when the glass wall slides away.

More than simply a museum of art and artifacts, the Asian Art Museum succeeds as a memorable voyage through space and time.