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Rafael Moneo, Audrey Jones Beck Building, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston : Audrey Jones Beck Building, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston by Joe C. Aker, Gary Zvonkovic and Martha Thorne (2000, Hardcover)
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PublisherEdition Axel Menges Gmbh
ISBN-103930698366
ISBN-139783930698363
eBay Product ID (ePID)1689662
Product Key Features
Book TitleRafael Moneo, Audrey Jones Beck Building, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston : Audrey Jones Beck Building, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Number of Pages60 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicBuildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture
AuthorJoe C. Aker, Gary Zvonkovic, Martha Thorne
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight29.2 Oz
Item Length12.1 in
Item Width11.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Photographed byAker, Joe C., Zvonkovic, Gary
Dewey Decimal727.7097641411
SynopsisThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is a unique collection of architectural works -- the Caroline Wiess Law Building, comprising the original William Ward Watkin Building of 1924 and the 1958 and 1974 additions designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Culien Sculpture Garden created by Isamu Noguchi in 1986; the Central Administration and Glassell Junior School Building designed by Carlos Jimenez in 1994; and now the Audrey Jones Beck Building by Rafael Moneo. Moneo, winner of the 1996 Pritzker Architecture Prize, has proposed a four-storey facility directly facing the Law Building and connected to it via an underground walkway. The limestone building occupies the whole site, thereby reinforcing its urban character. On the inside, visitors can assemble in the dramatic atrium before proceeding to the upper level galleries to begin their itinerary. The Beck Building is a natural progression of some of the ideas put forth by the architect in previous museum projects, especially the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and the complex of the Moderna Museet and the Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm. A collection of rooms is the underlying concept for the gallery spaces.The galleries may seem conventional, but their organisation within the building is guided by the desire for freedom. The exhaustive studies undertaken to help design the skylights allow for optimum lighting conditions combining natural and artificial light. Climate, light, circulation through the space, dialogue between building and art, and simplicity and elegance of materials are once again concerns that Moneo has addressed thoughtfully and successfully in the new Beck Building., The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is a unique collection of buildings by famous architects. The most recent one is the Audrey Jones Beck Building by Rafael Moneo.
LC Classification NumberNA576.H7
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