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The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma : Arata Isozaki / Philip Drew.
Fine Arts Library NA1559.I79 A67 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drew, Philip, 1943-
- Series:
- Architecture in detail (London, England)
- Architecture in detail
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gunma Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan.
- Buildings--Japan--Takasaki-shi.
- Buildings.
- Japan--Takasaki-shi.
- Physical Description:
- 60 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Phaidon, 1996.
- Summary:
- Arata Isozaki is one of the most profilic and creative personalities in contemporary architecture. The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, arguably the architect's masterwork, was the first in a line of commissions for modern art museums on a world-wide scale. Completed in 1974 it was recently extended by Isozaki in 1994. The museum is located in the rural surroundings of the Gunma-no-Mori park, and is the most complete realization by Isozaki of a conceptual architectural approach - a pristine, essential structure composed of an arrangement of cubes taking the form of a large rectangular block with projecting wings. The 1994 addition consists of a cube added to the main entrance facade housing the new Highvision Theatre, and a restaurant which occupies part of the area beneath one of the wings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 60).
- ISBN:
- 0714835498
- OCLC:
- 36217207
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