The new wing of the Denver Art Museum, the Frederic C. Hamilton building, opened on Oct. 7.

The museum hosted a 36-hour opening reception with parties, tours, cocktails, food and entertainment and opened the Denver art community’s eyes to a revolutionary state of the art architectural design.

The mind-blowing museum wing is like nothing many of us have ever seen before. It is so rich in its unique nature that it seems oddly surprising and simultaneously beautiful.

The architect of this masterpiece, Daniel Libeskind, is also the architect for New York City’s Freedom Tower. Not just an artistic accomplishment, this building also makes quite a structural statement.

The construction of the Hamilton building used 2,750 tons of steel and about 50,000 bolts. It took three years to erect museum wing, and an average of 200 people worked on different areas of the building every day.

The building exceeds the parameters of modern artistic design in more than one way. Libeskind literally thought “out of the box” while designing the Hamilton building.

There is not a single right angle in the interior. The beauty of this design is that it makes the presentation of exhibited artwork within the building artistic as well. Options for wall installations, hanging presentations and oddly-positioned pedestals leave art demonstration many options in this structure.

The current exhibit inside the Frederic C. Hamilton wing is fittingly called “Building Outside the Box” and is an educational display about how Libeskind’s designs progressed from ideas to structures.

Creative thinking akin to Libeskind’s is seemingly becoming more rare in today’s world. This is perhaps why the new design at the museum seems to be such a breath of fresh air.

Original thought processes have begun to blur into the background of older design when architects’ focus became shifted more toward model homes and skyscrapers rather than interesting free-standing buildings.

Many architects seem to neglect the idea that their designs can be both structurally functional and artistically inspirational. Libeskind serves as an example for all individuals involved in art and design.

His designs are stunning and individual; they give “art” a fresh meaning in the sometimes dreary ruts society gets into in relation to creativity.

The Frederic C. Hamilton wing is a structure that should not be missed, the outside design nor the art within.

Maybe if we take stimulation from Libeskind we can all begin to truly apply thinking out of the box to our own lives.