AV 139: TWELVE WORLD MUSEUMS

Description

In the traditional city, monuments mark and denote the uniform extension of the built fabric. In the contemporary city this role is taken by emblematic structures that provide identity to homogeneous landscapes, a function often falling to signature museums. Projects include the Towada Art Center in Aomori by Ryue Nishizawa, the Anchorage Museum in Alaska by David Chipperfield, the Knut Hamsun Center in Norway by Steven Holl, the Pompidou Center in Metz by Ban & De Gastines, the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne by Gigon & Guyer, Punta della Dogana in Venice by Tadao Ando, and MAXXI in Rome by Hadid & Schumacher.

CONTENTS

Containers and Contents

• Luis M. Mansilla, Emilio Tuñón: Construction, Art and People
• Adela García-Herrera: Exposed to Show, Recent Museography
• David Cohn: Upcoming Projects: The Reluctant Icon

A Journey in Twelve Stages

• Bernard Tschumi: New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
• Hadid & Schumacher: MAXXI, Rome, Italy
• Tadao Ando: Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
• Sauerbruch & Hutton: Brandhorst Museum, Munich, Germany
• Gigon & Guyer: Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Ban & De Gastines: Pompidou Center, Metz, France
• Aires Mateus: Lighthouse Museum, Cascais, Portugal
• Steven Holl: Knut Hamsun Center, Hamarøy, Norway
• Renzo Piano: Art Institute Modern Wing, Chicago, United States
• David Chipperfield: Anchorage Museum, Alaska, United States
• Ryue Nishizawa: Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan
• Amateur Studio: History Museum, Ningbo, China

144 pages, color ills / 24 x 30 cm / Spanish, English