Amos Rex Art Museum : JKMM Architects / texts, Gunvor Kronman, Lars Nittve, Tomas Lauri ; editor, Tomas Lauri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lauri, Tomas, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kronman, Gunvor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Nittve, Lars, 1953- writer of supplementary textual content.

JKMM (Firm), architect.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amos Rex (Museum).

JKMM (Firm).

Art museum architecture--Finland--Helsinki.

Architecture, Finnish--Finland--Helsinki--21st century.

Architecture, Finnish.

Art museum architecture.

Finland--Helsinki.

Physical Description:

120 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 26 cm

Other Title:

JKMM Architects : Amos Rex Art Museum

Place of Publication:

Stockholm, Sweden : Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Since its opening, the Amos Rex Art Museum, designed by JKMM architects, has been a great public and architectural success. It is tucked away underground in the ancient glass palace in the heart of central Helsinki. Through its architecture, it sets new boundaries for what a museum can and should be. With its huge arched exhibition halls and eye-catching lanterns that make it feel as though it is above ground, the building never fails to surprise. Art museums seldom manage to be fully functional for all types of art, new and old, and at the same time deliver an architecturally strong experience that changes the city. But here, everything is in place, states Lars Nittve in one of the book's essays. In this book, a close-up of the museum is drawn in words, sketches, and pictures.

Notes:

"New Finnish architecture."

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789189270022

9189270029

OCLC:

1273113208

Publisher Number:

9789189270022