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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrestel Gmbh & Co KG.

ISBN-103791346938

ISBN-139783791346939

eBay Product ID (ePID)117148889

Product Key Features

Book TitleMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicBuildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Individual Architects & Firms / General, Regional

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Architecture

AuthorNorman Foster, Edward Bosley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight20 oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width8.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-388128

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal727.70974461

SynopsisThis sleek monograph documents the design and construction of a new wing in one of the world's finest museums. 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 café and leads to the new Art of the 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. 80 colour 10 b/w, 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 the 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.

LC Classification NumberNA6695