The former House of Commerce — one of the architectural examples of Soviet modernism in Norilsk, the world's northernmost city — was selected as the site for the Arctic Museum of Modern Art. The new building is designed to stand out from the surrounding landscape. The facade, clad in vertical, lightly-tinted metal lamellas, looks out of focus in the daytime due to the play of light, while at night, it glows softly and fragmentarily.