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Renzo Piano: Fondation Beyeler: A Home For Art

Fondation Beyeler

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With the museum of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel, Renzo Piano has created a building, in which the often repeated demand for an exhibition architecture adequate for art has finally been realized The architect described his task as follows: "A museum building should try to interpret the quality of the collection and define its relationship with the outside world. This equals an active but not aggressive role." Thus, an architecture of a timeless and discrete elegance has been created, bringing nature, space, light and art into a harmonic relationship. This book presents the building from different perspectives as a new type of museum: It introduces this museum in an architectural -- historical and typological context as well as in its topographic and urban situation; finally, with the spatial presentation of the collection, it shows why this building has every right to be called a home for art.

Pages: 143

Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag

Release: December 01, 1998

ISBN: 3764359196

ISBN 13: 9783764359195

Renzo Piano: Fondation Beyeler: A Home For Art

Fondation Beyeler

0/5 ( ratings)

With the museum of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel, Renzo Piano has created a building, in which the often repeated demand for an exhibition architecture adequate for art has finally been realized The architect described his task as follows: "A museum building should try to interpret the quality of the collection and define its relationship with the outside world. This equals an active but not aggressive role." Thus, an architecture of a timeless and discrete elegance has been created, bringing nature, space, light and art into a harmonic relationship. This book presents the building from different perspectives as a new type of museum: It introduces this museum in an architectural -- historical and typological context as well as in its topographic and urban situation; finally, with the spatial presentation of the collection, it shows why this building has every right to be called a home for art.

Pages: 143

Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag

Release: December 01, 1998

ISBN: 3764359196

ISBN 13: 9783764359195

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