Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

On December 15, 2005, the newly elected President of the Republic of Poland, accompanied by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, presided over the opening ceremony of the architectural competition for the new building of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. The initiative to create the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw is a joint project of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage on the one hand, and of the Mayor of Warsaw, supported by a resolution of Warsaw Municipal Council, on the other hand. The authors of the Museum project fully expect that the Museum of Modern Art In Warsaw will stand out among other similar facilities because of the following factors:

- the Museum has a unique location adjacent to the Palace of Culture and Science, and hence is endowed with a special moral and historical context;- the Museum building is an attractive structure;- the art collection groups high-quality, unique items;- the Museum intentionally projects its presence into the city’s public space.A Preliminary Concept for The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw was prepared and adopted by the Museum Programme Advisory Board on August 28, 2005, and subsequently, on September 12, 2005, was recommended by the Board of the Museum as the departure point for further work on the program, as well as for preparations for an international competition for the design of the Museum.

Full Details http://www.museumcompetition.pl/

New Work ::: Contemporary Art Museum (CAM)

Brooks + Scarpa has just completed a new 22,300 ft² Museum located in the Historic Depot District of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. The near $6m Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) is defined by its expressive entry canopy and features exhibition spaces, archive and art storage, an educational centre, offices, a catering kitchen and a sculpture garden. Formed from an existing two-story brick structure the new museum balances the previous aesthetic with a spartan interior of industrial material and concrete.

on the boards: Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum

The competition entry for the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum by Morphosis architects who were one of the 5 finalists of the 30 original firms. The museum, located at the Michigan State Univeristy, was conceived in the brief to stand out from the traditional brick Gothic campus and serve as a symbol of the university’s future. The proposal by Morphosis seeks to create a social hub for the university community attracting campus life into the museum, public and circulation areas creating a venue for students to study and congregate—a new type of third place.

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On the Boards: Petersen Automotive Museum

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has announced a complete exterior transformation and a dynamic redesign of the interior, characterized by long ribbons of stainless steel conceived by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox that will result in an upgrade of the museum to showcase the art, experience, culture and heritage of the automobile.

A roof top extension by London based architect Claudio Silvestrin to the National Modern Art Museum of Poznan in Poland, providing access to the newly converted into gallery space on the top floor of the museum. The building arrangement expresses the contemporary and future architectures clearly identifying the three construction dates of the museum 1900, 1976 and 2006.

always good to see hand drawn blobs too

Museum of Islamic Arts

I.M.Pei has recently completed the Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, Qatar. The museum aims to showcase the complexity and diversity of the arts of Islamic culture and be an international centre for learning and creativity.

The building is defined by the main volume - an abstracted pyramid, common in Pei's work, made up of large cubic forms. The 35,000 sq.m mass, rendered with quarry stone exterior, appears to majestically rise out of the sea. The interiors however lack the simple elegance of the elevations, appearing overworked and dated.

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New Work ::: Stedelijk Museum Addition

(c)John Lewis Marshall

The new 9,000m² addition to the historic Stedelijk Museum, affectionately referred to as the Bath Tub presents 90,000 objects dating from the seventies of the nineteenth century to the present. Designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects and Arup, the historic Stedelijk Museum houses the permanent collection whilst the addition features permanent collections for industrial design, graphic design and applied art as well as offerings for temporary exhibitions.

Neues Museum by David Chipperfield

The Neues Museum newly restored by David Chipperfield, originally built in the mid-nineteenth century, has been in ruins since the end of the Second World War. Its rebuilding is the last of the restoration projects on the city's Museum Island.

on the boards: Contemporary Art Museum (CAM)

Proposed for a site in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) by Pugh + Scarpa is part of a revitalization effort for the warehouse district. The programme contains a dynamic mixed-use residential tower inspired by the magnolia seed bud, a symbol of strength in the South, and a 30,500 sq. ft. museum.

on the boards: African American Museum

The Smithsonian Institution recently unveiled conceptual designs of the African American Museum to be located along the Mall (Washington, DC) from six architects (mostly collaborations with international architects and local firms). Most seem to be tackling an aesthetic suitable for the emotional representation of an African American Museum.

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I am most taken by Foster & Associates who has presented a project unlike those in his oeuvre with a striking reference towards journey.

on the boards: Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland

As part of the Cleveland Uptown development urban-revitalization project, London based architects FOA (Foreign Office Architects) has proposed a new 34,000 ft² home for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). The striking geometry of the museum was inspired by the site whilst the mirrored black façade will seek to reflect the context & urban surroundings, altering with the changes to the light and weather. FOA has partnered with local architects studio Westlake Reed Leskosky

on the boards: Rufino Tamayo Museum

A partnership between Rojkind Arquitectos (Mexico) and BIG (Denmark) have been awarded first prize in the Rufino Tamayo Museum design competition. Designed as an “Opened Box,” the proposal for a 3500m² museum overlooking Mexico City bears a strong and direct symbolic reference with it's cross-shaped footprint.

On the Boards : Museum of Concrete Art & Design

(c)Stanton Williams

The winning competition entry by Stanton Williams Architects for the Museum of Concrete Art and Design to be located in Ingolstadt, Germany. The museum retrofits a disused brick foundry maintaining the primary volume as an exhibition space. The in situ concrete extension contains the ancillary spaces and specialized areas – small exhibition rooms, foyer, café and services.

on the boards: Clyfford Still Museum

The Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, named after the American abstract expressionist painter is scheduled for completion in late 2010. The 31,500 ft²museum designed by Allied Works Architecture (AWA) will serve as part of the city’s new cultural and arts district.

on the boards: SFMOMA Rooftop Garden

The Rooftop Garden connects to the 5^th-floor gallery of the Mario Botta designed San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) via a glass-enclosed bridge. Described by architect Mark Jensen as "a gallery without a ceiling," the two open-air spaces features a luminous glass pavilion that afford dramatic views of both the San Francisco skyline and floods the museum's interior with natural light.
The museum selected San Francisco-based Jensen & Macy Architects in collaboration with Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture to design the Rooftop Garden following an invitational competition held in 2006, and construction began in early 2008 won by . Opening of the SFMOMA is scheduled for summer 2009

On the Boards : Bauhaus Museum

images Courtesy of Pedro Monteiro, Rodrigo Cruz, and Sérgio Silva

The winning competition entry for the New Bauhaus Museum proposed for Weimar, Germany designed by Pedro Monteiro, Rodrigo Cruz, and Sérgio Silva. The enclosed mass of the exhibition areas of the museum are organized around and in contrast to the openness of the courtyard. The design proposes the use of the geothermal mass to reduce the need for insulation and mechanical control of the temperature.

on the boards: National Museum of Qatar

The proposal for the National Museum of Qatar by French architect Jean Nouvel embodies the ambitions of the state to develop into the cultural hub of the Gulf. The 430,000 ft² museum reminiscent of a desert rose with its sonorous cocoons appears to both emerge from the sand yet be one with it.

Great Spaces - Season 1 Ep.4: Going Gaga with SANAA

Episode four of Great Spaces features the New Museum, founded as the New Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art from outside the United States.

on the boards: British Museum

RSH+P (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) led by architect Richard Rogers has recently revealed images for the extension to the British Museum. The 17,000m² proposal is to cost £135 million, and will be the largest extension to the museum since Foster's expansion to the court in 2000.

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on the boards: Yatenga Museum

OVO Grabczewscy Architekci has designed the Museum Yatenga to be located in Silesia, Poland. The proposed museum when complete will house the cultures of the world exhibition, in an open, interactive public space that is both about the works on show, as it is about gathering and socialising.