Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (Revised, Updated)

Suzanne Greub, Thierry Greub, Gottfried Knapp, Werner Oechslin, Leon Paroissien, James Russell, Hiroyuki Suzuki,

ISBN 10: 3791338404 / ISBN 13: 9783791338408

Published by Prestel Publishing March 2008, 2008

About this Item

The twenty-first century has seen a boom in museum construction, both in new buildings and renovations or additions to existing ones. Nearly thirty museums are given close inspection in this generously illustrated volume. Each entry includes a discussion of the building's cultural and geographic environment, complemented by color photographs, sketches, and architectural plans. The book encompasses four continents and highlights, among others, the designs of Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Steven Holl, Zaha Hadid, Mario Botta, David Chipperfield, Tadao Ando, Yoshio Taniguchi, and Daniel Libeskind. In addition, the authors provide thoughtful commentary on the relationship between architecture and the fine arts and an assessment of museum functionality in modern times. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (Revised, Updated)
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing March 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791338404
• ISBN 13: 9783791338408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture - Types - Museums

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Synopsis

The general popularity of contemporary museum buildings began in the 1970s. The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris demonstrated how a museum could open itself up to the city, how it could become a public forum and shed its cloak of pathos. The days in which museums simply preserved and presented works of art are long gone.
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings discusses the most important trends in modern architecture and, at the same time, documents increasingly intensive exchanges on an international level, portraying museum buildings and projects from 2000 to 2010 on four continents. A closer look at twenty-seven projects, either completed, planned or still under construction provides a broadly based overview of current museum architecture.

About the Author

SUZANNE GREUB is the director of the Art Centre Basel and the editor of
several exhibition catalogs. A previous publication, Museums for a New
Millennium (Prestel), was co-produced by the Art Centre Basel.
THIERRY GREUB is an art historian and Assistant Director of the Art Centre
Basel.