Buildings That Bring Art and History To Life
Innovation and inspiration in today's museum architecture
Star architects from Zaha Hadid to Herzog & de Meuron have shaken up the formerly staid world of museum architecture,
bringing bravura to new buildings and extensions. But the trend for new
museums to opt for bold contemporary architecture goes well beyond the
stunning work of Renzo Piano or Tadao Ando. Many less well-known architects have also designed remarkable places to exhibit art and artifacts.
Some have provoked controversy, like Mexican architect Teodoro González de León's University Museum of Contemporary Art on the sprawling UNAM (National
Autonomous University of Mexico) campus. Others have been warmly
welcomed, like the sweeping, light-filled Art Gallery of Ontario
Extension by Toronto-born Frank O. Gehry, his first
commission in his native city. Others point out new horizons for
reclaiming brownfield sites and reviving derelict industrial
structures: Nicholas Grimshaw's conversion of a
disused 1960s blast furnace into Horno 3, a welcoming extra gallery
space for the Mexican city of Monterrey's Museum of Steel is a case in
point. In Cartagena, Spain, Rafael Moneo's decade-long
work on the Museum of the Roman Theater culminated in a structure that
engages visitors in an archaeological manner, taking them on a tour of
history as well as the site itself.
Here then are more than 50 projects by the major talents pushing the
limits of contemporary museum design, from established masters to the
latest generation of brilliant architects.
Featured architects and practices include:
Hitoshi Abe, Acebo X Alonso Arquitectos, Aires Mateus, Jun
Aoki, ARM, Shigeru Ban, Behnisch Architekten, David Chipperfield,
Preston Scott Cohen, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Delugan Meissl Associated
Architects, Ellis Williams, Frank O. Gehry, Teodoro González de León,
Graft, Nicholas Grimshaw, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, HOK,
Arata Isozaki, KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike, Bruno Mader, Fumihiko
Maki, Francisco Mangado, Richard Meier, Paolo Mendes da Rocha, Rafael
Moneo, Toshiko Mori, MVRDV, Nieto Sobejano, Ryue Nishizawa, Valerio
Olgiati, I.M. Pei, Renzo Piano, Querkraft, SANAA/Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue
Nishizawa, Sauerbruch Hutton, Hartwig N. Schneider, Álvaro Siza Vieira
and Rudolf Finsterwalder, Snøhetta, Eduardo Souto de Moura, SSM
Architekten, Randall Stout, Bernard Tschumi, UNStudio, Urbanus
Architecture & Design, Wang Shu, Atelier Zhang Lei
About the author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier,
Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of
the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.
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