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Twentieth-century museums I / [introduction by James S. Russell].
Series: Architecture 3sPublication details: London : Phaidon, 1999-Description: v. 1 : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:- 0714838780 :
- NA6695 .T94 1999
Contents:
Summary: The Museum of Modern Art in Gunma, surrounded by parkland, is the most complete realization by Isozaki of a conceptual approach to museum design. The Clore Gallery, London, was built to house the Tate Gallery's superb collection of paintings by J M W Turner, while the Tate in Liverpool was created out of a magnificent 1845 dockside warehouse; both are examined here within the context of Stirling & Wilford's oeuvre at the time of construction. James Ingo Freed's United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one of the late twentieth century's most profound architectural statements, managing subtly and symbolically to disengage itself from the city where is stands. By considering these museums together, the reader can examine the varying approaches taken by different architectural practices in separate continents to meeting the challenges of adventurous museum commissions.
1. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, New National Gallery, Berlin, 1962-8 / Maritz Vandenberg -- Louis I. Kahn, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1972 / Michael Brawne -- Richard Meier, Museum f r Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1985 / Michael Brawne
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Originally published 1992-1998 in series: Architecture in detail.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, New National Gallery, Berlin, 1962-8 / Maritz Vandenberg -- Louis I. Kahn, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1972 / Michael Brawne -- Richard Meier, Museum f r Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1985 / Michael Brawne
The Museum of Modern Art in Gunma, surrounded by parkland, is the most complete realization by Isozaki of a conceptual approach to museum design. The Clore Gallery, London, was built to house the Tate Gallery's superb collection of paintings by J M W Turner, while the Tate in Liverpool was created out of a magnificent 1845 dockside warehouse; both are examined here within the context of Stirling & Wilford's oeuvre at the time of construction. James Ingo Freed's United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one of the late twentieth century's most profound architectural statements, managing subtly and symbolically to disengage itself from the city where is stands. By considering these museums together, the reader can examine the varying approaches taken by different architectural practices in separate continents to meeting the challenges of adventurous museum commissions.
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