Milano-Fondazione Prada-

Longtime art collector Miuccia Prada builds an extraordinary new museum- her gift to the city of Milan.
Opening this month, the complex has been in development since2008.
Visiting the construction site of the new Fondazione Prada complex,on the Largo Isarco, feels like wandering through the belly of a big steel whale. There are workmen setting rebar and floor-heating coils. Mud from the winter rain has managed to coat every surface.
Each of the three new buildings that Koolhaas has designed is distinct in form, materials and mood.
There is a podium, an exhibition hall,clad in glass and aluminum foam, that will hold temporary exhibition.
There is a cinema with walls that open like wings to the outside air.