Now that the architects have been named for the new Barnes museum, I hope an overlooked element of the proposal will receive attention: that is, the building site and its relationship to the urban context. So far, the focus has been on the design mandates for the project's interior, since architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien will be challenged with replicating the original Barnes galleries in an entirely new, expanded building. Aileen Kennedy Roberts, chair of the Barnes' building committee, praised Williams and Tsien in the New York Times for their process of working inside out. "That's the restriction we have," she concluded. Yet, by placing the museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Barnes Foundation has invited a host of complex urban issues that further restrict the project and may very well suffocate even the best design. The architects, in fact, do not have the luxury of designing from the inside out.