New Museums
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: June 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780714844985
Subjects: Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; Architecture; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture / General; History - General
Description: The twenty-first century has ushered in a boom in the design of innovative museums worldwide and an expanding concept of the museum's role and identity. Museums today are frequently more than repositories for historical art: they can be research centers, memorials, contemporary galleries, or site-specific artworks in themselves. New Museums presents a selection of twenty-seven notable museums built around the world in recent years, each distinguished by its unique architectural design and function.