Author: Carol Margot OsbornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Museum Builders in the West
Author: Carol Margot OsbornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Building the West
Author: Museum Builders
Author: James SteelePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Features the most important selection of contemporary museums by well known architects today.
Museum Design
Author: Joan DarraghPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This comprehensive, accessible text covers all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of a new museum and the renovation or expansion of an existing facility. Developed from a survey of 30 museums throughout the U.S. by leading museum professionals, this richly illustrated volume provides first-hand information on all facets of the building experience. Culled from interviews with architects, designers, and construction professionals, as well as trustees and other members of the museum community, it examines in detail pre-architectural planning and the creation of an architectural program; selecting and doing business with an architect and designing the museum; the economics of construction, bidding and going to contract, managing construction; and the actual moving-in, operating problems, and maintenance. Index and Bibliography. 120 illustrations, 3 tables.
The Builder
Author: Building the American Museum, 1869-1927 ..
Author: American Museum of Natural HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design
Author: Georgia LindsayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429664842
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design showcases 18 diverse essays written by people who design, work in, and study museums, offering a variety of perspectives on this complex building type. Throughout, the authors emphasize new kinds of experiences that museum architecture helps create, connecting ideas about design at various levels of analysis, from thinking about how the building sits in the city to exploring the details of technology. With sections focusing on museums as architectural icons, community engagement through design, the role of gallery spaces in the experience of museums, disability experiences, and sustainable design for museums, the collected chapters cover topics both familiar and fresh to those interested in museum architecture. Featuring over 150 color illustrations, this book celebrates successful museum architecture while the critical analysis sheds light on important issues to consider in museum design. Written by an international range of museum administrators, architects, and researchers this collection is an essential resource for understanding the social impacts of museum architecture and design for professionals, students, and museum-lovers alike.
The King of Museum-builders
Author: William Temple HornadayPublisher:
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Category : Natural history museums
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Translucent Building Skins
Author: Scott MurrayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113623568X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their precedents in earlier twentieth century modern architecture, this book examines the tectonics, the history and the influence of translucency as a defining characteristic in architecture. Highly illustrated throughout with drawings and full colour photographs, the book shows that translucency has been and continues to be a fertile ground for architectural experimentation. Each chapter presents a comparative analysis of two primary buildings: a recent project, paired with a historical precedent, highlighting how architects in different eras have realized the distinctive effects of translucency. The included buildings span a variety of program types, ranging from a single-family residence, to a factory, to a synagogue. Whether it is Pierre Chareau’s glass-lens curtain wall at the Maison de Verre, Frank Lloyd Wright’s wall of stacked glass tubes at the Johnson Wax Research Tower, or Peter Zumthor’s use of acid-etched glass in a double-skin envelope at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, the included projects each offer an exemplary case study of innovations in materiality and fabrication techniques. Today, among many contemporary architects, there is an engagement with new technologies, new material assemblies, and new priorities such as sustainability and energy-efficiency. A resurgent interest in translucency as a defining quality in buildings has been an important part of this recent dialogue and this book makes essential reading for any architect looking to incorporate aspects of translucency into their buildings.
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