Title & Author:

Museums in the 21st century : concepts, projects, buildings / edited by Suzanne Greub and Thierry Greub ; with essays by Thierry Greub [and others] ; and contributions by Shozo Baba [and others].

Publication:

Munich ; London : Prestel, ©2006.

Description:

215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, from 1st April to 25th June 2006, and ten other venues, until August 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214).
Preface / Suzanne Greub and Thierry Greub -- Museum Architecture: A Key Aspect of Contemporary Architecture / Werner Oechslin -- Museums at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Speculations / Thierry Greub -- Japanese Architects and Museums: The Attempts in 2004 / Hiroyuki Suzuki -- Taniguchi and Associates: Expansion of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (1997-2004) / Terence Riley -- Tadao Ando Architect & Associates: Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan (2000-2004) / Werner Blaser -- Jun Aoki & Associates: Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan (1999-2006) / Kenjiro Hosaka -- Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates: National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (2000-2006) / Shozo Baba -- Fumihiko Maki + Maki and Associates: Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, Shimane, Japan (2002-2006) / Dana Buntrock -- Shigeru Ban with Jean de Gastines: Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France (2003-2008) / Matilda McQuaid -- Art Museum Buildings in Australia: A Narrative of Incremental Achievement / Leon Paroissien -- Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture: ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (1996-2002) / Leon van Schaik -- Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd: Stonehenge Visitor Centre and Interpretive Museum, Wiltshire, UK (2001-2007) / Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper -- The Perils of Variety: New European Museum Buildings / Gottfried Knapp -- Mario Botta with Giulio Andreolli: MART, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy (1988-2002) / Lionello Puppi -- Stephan Braunfels Architects: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (1992-2002) / Gottfried Knapp -- Gigon/Guyer Architects: Varus (Teutoburg) battlefield, Kalkriese Museum and Park, Bramsche, near Osnabruck, Germany / Thierry Greub -- Spacelab Cook -- Fournier GmbH: Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria (2000-2003) / Werner Sewing -- Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Paul Klee Centre, Berne, Switzerland (1999-2005) / Christine Gisi -- AJN: Atelier Jean Nouvel: Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France (1999-2005) / Jann Kern -- UN Studio: Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (2002-2006) / Philip Jodidio -- Zaha Hadid Architects: MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy (1997-2007) / Giuseppe Ciorra -- Bernard Tschumi Architects: The New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece (2002-2007) / Frank R. Werner -- Coop Himmelb(I)au: Musee des Confluences, Lyons, France (2001-2008) / Frank R. Werner -- Anamorphosis Architects: Museum of the Hellenic World in Asia Minor, Athens, Greece (2002-2011) / Lilian Pfaff -- The Museum Island Planning Group, Berlin: The Museum Island, Berlin, Germany (1993-2014) -- Planungsgruppe Museumsinsel: Masterplan -- HG Merz: Alte Nationalgalerie -- Atelier Heinz Tesar: Bode-Museum -- David Chipperfield: Neues Museum -- David Chipperfield: Neues Eingangsgebaude -- O.M. Ungers: Pergamonmuseum -- Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht: Altes Museum / Andres Lepik -- Made in America: Museums in a Privatised Culture / James S. Russell -- Gehry Partners, LLP: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (1999-2003/on hold) / Verena M. Schindler -- Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Eyebeam Museum of Art and Technology, New York, USA (2001/on hold) / Annette LeCuyer -- Rafael Vinoly Architects, PC: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA (2000-2005) / Joan Ockman -- Studio Daniel Libeskind with Davis Partnership, PC: Expansion of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA (2000-2006) / Lewis Sharp and Andrea K. Fulton -- Steven Holl Architects: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art expansion, Kansas City, MO, USA (1999-2007) / Angeli Sachs -- Allied Works Architecture: University of Michigan Museum of Art expansion, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (2003-2008) / Terence Riley.

Summary:

The 21st century has seen a boom in museum construction, both in new buildings and renovations. This volume inspects 26 museums and discusses the cultural and geographic environment for each one. It also provides an assessment of museum functionality in modern times.

ISBN:

9783791335766 (cased.)
3791335766 (cased)
3791335758 (cased ; German ed.)
9783791335759 (hbk. ; German ed.)
9783791335757 (hbk. : German ed.)

Subject:

Museum architecture Exhibitions.
Museum buildings Exhibitions.
Art museums Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Art Museums Exhibitions.
Musées Architecture Expositions.
Musées (Édifices) Expositions.
Art Musées Expositions.
Architecture 21e siècle Expositions.
Architecture des musées Expositions.
Arquitectura de museos.
Arquitectura moderna Siglo XXI.
Architecture, Modern.
Art museums.
Museum architecture.
Museum buildings.
Museumsbau Geschichte 1991-2006 Ausstellung Düsseldorf <2006>

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Greub, Suzanne.
Greub, Thierry.
Baba, Shōzō, 1935-2021.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)

Museums in the twenty-first century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250189
Call No.: BIB 179723
Status: Available