Ronnie Self

The Architecture of Art Museums (eBook, PDF)

A Decade of Design: 2000 - 2010

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 analyzing 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 professional engaged in designing a museum.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317812753
• Artikelnr.: 40831207

Autorenporträt

Ronnie Self is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston, USA. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and advanced degrees in Theories of Architecture from the École d'Architecture Paris-Villemin and Philosophy of Art from the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is a registered architect practicing in Houston and previously worked in the Paris office of Renzo Piano Building Workshop for 12 years where, among other projects, he was the Architect in Charge of the Atelier Brancusi for the Centre Georges Pompidou. He writes regularly on recently completed projects throughout the United States for American and French magazines.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas 2. Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, Ohio 3. Kunsthaus Graz
Graz, Austria 4. Nasher Sculpture Center
Dallas, Texas 5. The Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York 6. Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota 7. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Madrid, Spain 8. de Young Museum
San Francisco, California 9. Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion
Toledo, Ohio 10. Denver Art Museum
Denver, Colorado 11. The Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
Boston, Massachusetts 12. The Nelson
Atkins Museum of Art Bloch Building
Kansas City, Missouri 13. Akron Art Museum
Akron, Ohio 14. New Museum
New York, New York 15. Acropolis Museum
Athens, Greece 16. Museum Brandhorst
Munich, Germany 17. Centre Pompidou
Metz
Metz, France 18. Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo
Rome, Italy Selected Bibliography Credits Index