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SANAA and the New Museum
Lars Müller Publishers
Published on 18. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-3-03778-140-1 (ISBN)
Description
The new building for the New Museum of Contemporary Art, which will open in December 2007, will house the first museum to be developed from the ground up in Lower Manhattan. The seven-story building, with a total floor area of 60,000 square feet, designed by the renowned architectural duo SANAA - Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.
This book presents the design and building of the new museum in a series of interwoven stories, documents, and dialogues. The building expands the museum and its distinct role within the city and at the same time testifies to an important moment in the history, art, and life of the city.
The photographs by Dean Kaufman emphasize the dynamics of the life of the building, whose unpredictability and disorder seem to be in conflict with minimalist form and order. This richly illustrated book, edited by Joseph Grima, Director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, and Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum, will provide insight into SANAA's process.
This book presents the design and building of the new museum in a series of interwoven stories, documents, and dialogues. The building expands the museum and its distinct role within the city and at the same time testifies to an important moment in the history, art, and life of the city.
The photographs by Dean Kaufman emphasize the dynamics of the life of the building, whose unpredictability and disorder seem to be in conflict with minimalist form and order. This richly illustrated book, edited by Joseph Grima, Director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, and Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum, will provide insight into SANAA's process.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baden
Switzerland
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
92
26 s/w Abbildungen, 92 farbige Abbildungen
118 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 24 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-03778-140-1 (9783037781401)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Kazuyo Sejima born 1956, Architect
Ryue Nishizawa born 1966, Architekt
Famous buildings by Sanaa: 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan; Zollverein-Schule, Essen, Deutschland
Ryue Nishizawa born 1966, Architekt
Famous buildings by Sanaa: 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan; Zollverein-Schule, Essen, Deutschland