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(Zaha Hadid's) Rosenthal Center is the most important American building to be completed since the end of the cold war. -- The New York Times --- Herbert Muschamp
Product Description
Throughout the built world of late, museums have been leading the way in architecture--a far cry from the days of antiseptic white cubes, when museums were afraid that signature design might compete with the art on display.Some of the most interesting international architects working oday, people like Zaha Hadid
, Daniel Liebeskind
, Renzo Piano
, and Tadao
Ando, are creating buildings intended to house art--and to function as
works of art themselves. One of the most radical and highly anticipated
of these structures is Zaha Hadid's Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) for
the city of Cincinnati, set to open its doors in 2003. The CAC will be
one of the first museums anywhere in the world designed by a woman, as
well as Hadid's first museum and first building in the United States. A
$15 million project with 20,000 square feet of galleries set on a
smallish, 11,000-square-foot lot in the downtown area, it shows that the
institution that stood by the Mapplethorpe show has extended its
risk-taking attitude and its integrity to the building that will
accommodate its future shows. The seven stories of galleries--each
constructed in a variety of heights and floor materials--are housed in
horizontal tubes and cantilevered toward the street. An "urban carpet"
begins at street level and zigzags up the building's supporting wall,
providing visual and physical access to each of the galleries in a
continuous flow--but without the awkwardness of the tilted ramp that
spirals through Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York. The
exterior of the building weaves together the concrete shell and metal
cladding of the galleries, the glass windows of the offices, and various
electronic displays like a high-tech quilt--and a perfect expression of
the various activities so well-contained within. Space for Art
will include broad documentation of all stages of the architectural
process, expressed in paintings, drawings, and models; short texts; and
photographs of the finished building by Hélène Binet. . . .a gutsy solution...an edifice of dizzying diagonals. --Newsweek
Ms. Hadid is one of the true talents of her generation. --The New York Times. . .one of the most anticipated museum buildings in the United States. --Art in AmericaIn Cincinnati, Hadid manages to create a vibrant public forum for art. --Los Angeles TimesA landmark rupture in architectural history. . .--ELLE
A great and inspired choice. --Rem Koolhaus. . .an iconic temple of contemporary culture... --wallpaper*
Photographs by Paul Warchol and Hélène Binet.
Hardcover , 8.26 x 12.99 in., 112 pages, 30 color& 20 b/w illustrations
Product Details
- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 5984 KB
- Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers; 1 edition (April 1, 2005)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004I8V8KG
