Museum Architecture,9781564967879

Museum Architecture

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ISBN13: 9781564967879
ISBN10: 1564967875
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Rockport Pub
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Summary

Today's museums are more than houses for artwork, they have become works of art themselves. With hundreds of dramatic color photographs, this handsome volume documents some of the world's most beautiful museums. Each museum is shown in detailed photographs, which provide a visual tour for the readers' delight. Accompanying text reveals the architect's thought process behind the design of the building: how the building interacts with the existing architectural environment, the layout considerations necessary in order to best showcase the art, and many other details. With all sizes of museums in diverse international locations, this volume is the perfect addition to the library of any architecture aficionado.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7(4)
Arthur Rosenblatt
Introduction 11(5)
GENERAL-INTEREST ART MUSEUMS
Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Annex
16(8)
Naoshima, Japan
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Art Gallery of Ontario
24(8)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Barton Myers Associates, Inc.
Joint Venture with Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
32(8)
Bilbao, Spain
Frank O. Gehry and Associates, Inc.
Marco Contemporary Art Museum
40(6)
Monterrey, Mexico
Legorreta Arquitectos
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
46(8)
San Francisco, California
Mario Botta Architetto
Henry Art Gallery
54(6)
Seattle, Washington
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
North Carolina Museum of Art Amphitheater & Outdoor Cinema
60(6)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects
Phoenix Art Museum
66(6)
Phoenix, Arizona
Tod Williams, Billie Tsien and Associates, Architects
Beyeler Foundation Museum
72(4)
Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
76(6)
Madrid, Spain
Jose Rafael Moneo, Arquitecto
Getty Center
82(10)
Los Angeles, California
Richard Meier & Partners Architects
SPECIALIZED ART MUSEUMS
Andy Warhol Museum
92(4)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Richard Gluckman Architects
Whanki Museum
96(6)
Seoul, South Korea
Kyu Sung Woo Architect
Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum
102(8)
Nagano, Japan
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
The Museum for African Art
110(6)
New York, New York
Maya Lin, Designer
Frye Museum
116(10)
Seattle, Washington
Olson Sundberg Architects
OTHER MUSEUMS
History, Science, and Special Collections
Ehime Prefectural Museum of General Science
126(8)
Ehime, Japan
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
Arizona Science Center
134(6)
Phoenix, Arizona
Antoine Predock Architect
Route 66 Museum
140(6)
Clinton, Oklahoma
Elliott + Associates Architects
Papalote Children's Museum
146(6)
Mexico City, Mexico
Legorreta Arquitectos
Vitra Design Museum
152(6)
Weil am Rhein, Basel, Switzerland
Frank O. Gehry and Associates, Inc.
Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum
158(6)
Osaka, Japan
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Nariwa Museum
164(4)
Nariwa, Okayama, Japan
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
McCord Museum of Canadian History
168(4)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lemoyne Lapointe Magne
Old Custom House
172(4)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lemoyne Lapointe Magne
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
176(6)
Washington, D.C.
PEI Cobb Freed & Partners
newMetropolis National Science and Technology Center
182(6)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Directory and Project Credits 188(4)
About the Author 192

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