Search Results for 'Museum'

Integrating the Museum into the City, the new SFMOMA expansi...

Earlier this year I was asked to join the accessions committee for the Architecture and Design Department of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It seems it was an opportune time, as the museum is making some exciting changes, most no [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

The Philippines' Mind Museum Fuses Modern Architecture, Scie...

The Philippines's new Mind Museum looks downright alien amid Taguig's industrial skyscrapers. Lead architect Ed Calma wouldn't have it any other way--he knows that in an Internet age, a museum's draw has to begin before yo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Israeli modern art museum doubles size

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel's main modern art museum is unveiling a striking new wing Wednesday that provides a permanent home for hundreds of works by Israeli artists, a space lacking until now.The $55 million addition, which doubl [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

We're No. 1: Field Museum restrooms judged best in country

If you’re heading to the Field Museum to check out its world-class exhibits, you may want to consider stopping at its latest award-winning spot -- the restroom. This year’s 10th annual America’s Best Restroom contest, sp [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Libeskind’s modern addition to Dresden Museum of Military Hi...

Dresden, a fairly small city near the German/Czech boarder, is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony and the proud owner of Daniel Libeskind’s latest creation. In a community flush with baroque and rococo architecture, Libesk [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Germany's updated military museum is an arsenal for dissent

Some dislike its antiwar bent, others the lack of attention to the Holocaust. But the biggest controversy is over its design, which features a giant shard of steel and glass bisecting the building. Atop a hill overlooking a city still reb [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Snohetta Defends Its Controversial Design For SF's Museum of...

Snøhetta, the Viking architects of the World Trade Center pavilion and one of our 2011 Most Innovative Companies, unveiled embryonic plans for a hotly anticipated extension to SFMOMA last week and, as these things go, reactions wer [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

When it comes to architecture, museums forsake the past

Even with the economic recovery limping along, American museums keep planning, raising piles of money for and opening new wings. An architecture critic — at least one with a high tolerance for the work of Renzo Piano — could c [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Visual Acoustics at Crocker Art Museum

A special screening of the documentary Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman will be held at the Crocker Art Museum on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM. This film celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, whose phot [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Paris museum publishes book on İstanbul

The Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, an architecture museum in the French capital, has published a book dedicated to İstanbul, news agencies reported over the weekend. Titled “İstanbul: Por [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

New directions in art: Mohatta Palace Museum

Fortunately, the display described as: `New Directions in Art from Pakistan 1990’ and curated by Naiza Khan, will be running for three months and one will need that time to absorb the profusion of work including installations, vide [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Museum of Art Featured in Exhibition, One of Several Bowdoin...

The renovations by architecture firm Machado and Silvetti Associates to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art are among 20 projects included in the exhibition, Maine Modern: Fifty Years of Modern Architecture in Maine — but that's [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Southern Roots of Mid-Century Modern at the Gregg Museum

For the next three months, the Gregg Museum on NC State’s campus will host the Southern Roots of Mid-Century Modern exhibit. Featuring examples of modern design in furniture, art, architecture, and clothing, visiting the exhibit is [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Modern, contemporary art/architecture - live museum or acces...

Last May, ICOM Malta organised a workshop entitled 'Collections at risk: Safeguarding our cultural heritage' at the Museum of Archaeology in Valletta. This was a collaborative programme between ICOM Malta and the International Committee on [...]