Fort Worth Zoo Museum of Living Art (MOLA)

Project Cost

Square Feet

Design Architect

CMAR

Completion

$22,000,000

42,000

Gideon Toal

Austin Commercial

March 2010

Project Cost

$22,000,000

Square Feet

42,000

Design Architect

Gideon Toal

CMAR

Austin Commercial

Completion

March 2010

Overview

In March 2010, The Museum of Living Art opened to the public and quickly became one of the Zoo’s most popular exhibits. This 40,000 square foot facility includes spacious, humidity-controlled exhibits and state-of-the-art conservation tools, such as quarantine and hibernaculum rooms that were designed to facilitate the breeding of rare and critically endangered animals.
Uniquely designed exhibit areas and outdoor classrooms allow hands on education and allow guests to come face-to-face with exotic reptiles like the Fiji Island iguana and view the giant South American crocodiles.
The construction of MOLA has required the coordination of multiple contractors and aquatic specialists whom The Projects Group, acting as Owner Representative has overseen from pre-design through construction.