Soumaya Museum

Architect: Fernando Romero

Scheduled to open by year-end, the Soumaya Museum will house Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's fast-growing collection of 66,000 art objects. Designed by Slim's 38-year-old son-in-law, the building is part of an office-residential-cultural complex in a former industrial zone of Mexico City. The building's facade will be covered with more than 16,000 hexagonal plates made of shiny aluminum.