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Renzo Piano-Fondation Beyeler: A Home for Art

Renzo Piano

Synopsis:
With the museum of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel, Renzo Piano has created a building, in which the often repeated demand for an exhibition architecture adequate for art has finally been realized The architect described his task as follows: "A museum building should try to interpret the quality of the collection and define its relationship with the outside world. This equals an active but not aggressive role." Thus, an architecture of a timeless and discrete elegance has been created, bringing nature, space, light and art into a harmonic relationship. This book presents the building from different perspectives as a new type of museum: It introduces this museum in an architectural -- historical and typological context as well as in its topographic and urban situation; finally, with the spatial presentation of the collection, it shows why this building has every right to be called a home for art.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2006, Hardcover - 2006, Softcover - 2004, 2004, 2004, Hardcover - 2004, 2002, 2002, 2000, Hardcover - 1997