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Item Details
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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
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By: |
Sir Norman Foster, Edward R. Bosley |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£19.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
3791346938 |
ISBN 13: |
9783791346939 |
Publisher: |
PRESTEL |
Pub. date: |
1 December, 2012 |
Pages: |
96 |
Description: |
This sleek monograph documents the design and construction of a new wing in one of the world's finest museums. |
Synopsis: |
Founded in 1870, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is not just an impressive museum - it is also housed in one of America's most distinguished buildings. When it was time to add an extension to accommodate the museum's holdings, Foster + Partners conceived of a brilliant strategy, one that reinforced the logic of the original Beaux-Arts footprint while adding a few neo-Modernist twists such as the insertion of a freestanding glazed structure between the building's two principal spaces. This "crystal spine" encloses an existing courtyard in a glass "jewel box," which creates spaces for visitor orientation and a cafe and leads to the new Art of Americas wing. This book provides a detailed history of the 120,000 square foot project, from the museum's founding to the triumphant unveiling of the new wing. |
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90, 80 colour |
Publication: |
Germany |
Imprint: |
Prestel |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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