current view of 235 bowery....okay, its a grey day but i'm sure it will shimmer. hopefully i will be able to update this post with real pics as i will be in nyc for the opening weekend! woo hoo!
wow, nyc is getting its little museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art dubbed 'the new museum'. the new digs are designed by cutting-edge, tokyo-based architects sejima + nishizawa/SANAA is opening it's doors on december 1st, 2007. [even their website is minimal 'need us, call us here'] they have designed a breathtaking facility that will feature beautifully proportioned galleries, a theater, an education floor, a new museum store [yeah! more to feature and shop for!], a café, a top floor event space with roof terraces, and more. to read more about the new museum of contemporary art click here. my favorite part: okay_ other than the fact that it is downtown manhattans first art museum ever built from the ground up _ at seven stories the structure is a shimmering metal mesh-clad stack of boxes, off kilter. it twinkles thanks to the exterior anodized expanded aluminum mesh and the many windows and skylights that offer super shots of the cityscape. and well.....they also did that little 'dior' store in japan.
the new, new museum, new york, usa [2003 - construction began 2005]
dior store, tokyo, japan [2001 - 2003]
extension of the institute of modern art, valencia, spain [2002]
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