Main entry:

Cuno, James B.

Title & Author:

The modern wing : Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago / James Cuno, Paul Goldberger, and Joseph Rosa ; with a photographic portfolio by Judith Turner ; architectural photography by Paul Warchol.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Art Institute of Chicago ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, ©2009.

Description:

167 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / James Cuno -- Constructing the modern wing: 2005-2009 -- Facing the challenge: building the modern wing / James Cuno -- The modern wing: a portfolio / Judith Turner -- Judith Turner: the ambiguity of flatness / Joseph Rosa -- Renzo Piano: modernism, museums, and the traditions of Chicago / Paul Goldberger -- The modern wing: architectural photography / Paul Warchol -- Project drawings: elevations, sections, and plans / Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"This richly illustrated volume celebrates the construction of the largest expansion in the history of the Art Institute of Chicago. Designed by Renzo Piano, principal of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, with offices in Paris and Genoa, the Modern Wing adds a bold new Modernist structure to Chicago's downtown lakefront area, directly across the street from the successful Millennium Park and its major feature, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion designed by Frank Gehry." "The story of the Modern Wing - from its commissioning in 1999, to its groundbreaking in 2005, to its dedication in May 2009 - is told in this volume by the Art Institute's president and directory, James Cuno. In addition, well-known architecture critic Paul Goldberger places the Modern Wing in the context of the Art Institute's existing buildings and its many additions through the years ... Throughout this book, the many remarkable features of the Modern Wing - its galleries and grand spaces, its "flying carpet" and its enclosed garden - are celebrated in the photographs of Paul Warchol."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780300141122 (hbk.)
0300141122 (hbk.)
9780865592315 (softcover)
0865592314 (softcover)

Subject:

Piano, Renzo.
Piano, Renzo 1937-
Piano, Renzo Criticism and interpretation.
Art Institute of Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) Art Institute.
Art Institute of Chicago Buildings.
Buildings
Architektur
Architekturkritik
Art museum architecture Illinois Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Chicago (Ill) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago

Added entries:

Goldberger, Paul.
Rosa, Joseph.
Turner, Judith.
Warchol, Paul.

Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264408
Call No.: BIB 195792
Status: Available