The architecture of art museums : a decade of design : 2000-2010 / Ronnie Self.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Self, Ronnie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art museum architecture--Themes, motives.

Art museum architecture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 297 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"As a building type, art museums are unparalleled for the opportunities they provide for architectural investigation and experimentation. They are frequently key components of urban revitalization and often push the limits of building technology. Art museums are places of pleasure, education and contemplation. They are remarkable by their prominence and sheer quantity, and their lessons are useful for all architects and for all building types. This book provides explicit and comprehensive coverage of the most important museums built in the first ten years of the 21st Century in the United States and Europe. By dissecting and analysing each case, Ronnie Self allows the reader to get under the skin of each design and fully understand the process behind these remarkable buildings. Richly designed with full technical illustrations and sections the book includes the work of Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook & Colin Fournier, Renzo Piano, Yoshi Taniguchi, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Nouvel, SANAA, Daniel Libeskind, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Steven Holl, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Bernard Tschumi, Sauerbruch Hutton, and Shigeru Ban & Jean de Gastines. Together these diverse projects provide a catalogue of design solutions for the contemporary museum and a snapshot of current architectural thought and culture. One of few books on this subject written by an architect, Self's analysis thoroughly and critically appraises each project from multiple aspects and crucially takes the reader from concept to building. This is an essential book for any student or professional engaged in designing a museum"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

ch. 1. Modern art museum of Fort Worth : Fort Worth, Texas / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

ch. 2. Contemporary arts center : Cincinnati, Ohio / Zaha Hadid Architects

ch. 3. Kunsthaus Graz : Graz, Austria / Spacelab Cook/Fournier

ch. 4. Nasher sculpture center : Dallas, Texas / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

ch. 5. The museum of modern art : New York / Yoshio Taniguchi and Associates

ch. 6. Walker art center : Minneapolis, Minnesota / Herzog & de Meuron

ch. 7. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia : Madrid, Spain / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

ch. 8. de Young museum : San Francisco, California / Herzog & de Meuron

ch. 9. Toledo museum of art glass pavilion : Toledo, Ohio / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

ch. 10. Denver art museum : Denver, Colorado / Studio Daniel Libeskind

ch. 11. The institute of contemporary art/Boston : Boston, Massachusetts / Diller Scofidio + Renfro

ch. 12. The Nelson-Atkins museum of art Bloch building : Kansas City, Missouri / Steven Holl Architects

ch. 13. Akron art museum : Akron, Ohio / Coop Himmelb(l)au

ch. 14. New museum : New York / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

ch. 15. Acropolis museum : Athens, Greece / Bernard Tschumi Architects

ch. 16. Museum Brandhorst : Munich, Germany / Sauerbruch Hutton

ch. 17. Centre Pompidou-Metz : Metz, France / Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines

ch. 18. Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo : Rome, Italy / Zaha Hadid Architects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-290) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 05, 2020)

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781315817149

9781317812746

9781317812753

9781317812739

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Restricted for use by site license.