THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
Kansas City, MO, United States, 1999-June 9, 2007
PROGRAM: museum addition and renovation
ARCHITECT: Steven Holl
SIZE: 165,000 sf
CONSTRUCTION COST: $85,900,000
STATUS: completed
PROGRAM: museum addition and renovation
ARCHITECT: Steven Holl
SIZE: 165,000 sf
CONSTRUCTION COST: $85,900,000
STATUS: completed
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neo-classical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art. In 2007, Time magazine ranked the museum's new Bloch Building, # 1 on its list of "The 10 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels" which considered candidates from around the globe. On September 1, 2010, Julián Zugazagoitia became the fifth Director of the museum. Read more at wiki
is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neo-classical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art. In 2007, Time magazine ranked the museum's new Bloch Building, # 1 on its list of "The 10 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels" which considered candidates from around the globe. On September 1, 2010, Julián Zugazagoitia became the fifth Director of the museum. Read more at wiki |
| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
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| Photography © Steven Holl |
This competition winning addition is composed of five interconnected structures as opposed to a single massive expansion. Traversing from the existing building across its sculpture park, the five built "lenses" form new spaces and angles of vision. From the movement through the landscape and threaded between the light openings, exhilarating new experiences of the existing Museum will be formed.
Circulation and exhibition merge as one can look from one level to another, from inside to outside. The "meandering" path in the sculpture garden above has its sinuous compliment in open flow through the continuous level of new galleries.
Glass lenses bring different qualities of light to the galleries while the sculpture garden's pathways wind through them. Read more here :Steven Holl
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Product Description
This is the second publication of Steven Holl's legendary watercolors, following Written in Water, 2002. 400 watercolors represent the creative process of this famous and influential American architect. The watercolors show Holl s highly individual method, developed over many years and containing first ideas and sketches of all major projects. Holl is known for his sculptural architecture and his genuine use of light. Both qualities meet the characteristics of the watercolor-technique. This highly artistic work by an architect becomes spectacular at a time of changing working techniques in design - the lowtech attitude allows the artist to concentrate on inspiration and perception. The watercolors are juxtaposed by photographs of the built architecture and emphasize the crucial aspect of scale.
Product Details
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Lars Muller Verlag (June 23, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 303778251X
ISBN-13: 978-3037782514
