{"product_id":"9781797223681","title":"Building Culture : Sixteen Architects on How Museums Are Shaping the Future of Art, Architecture, and Public Space by Yve-Alain Bois","description":"An insider's look at art museums and how they shape the ways we view art, through the?eyes?of the architects who design them.    Architects and art lovers everywhere will enjoy this remarkable collection of interviews?from?sixteen?of the world's most?celebrated, thoughtful, and?innovative?architects who have designed many of the world's greatest museums. Spanning?generations, geographies, and methods of architectural?practice, these architects share the complex and fascinating process of creating spaces for?art.?Building Culture?includes interviews with:?? Frank Gehry,?who?reveals how a half-century of dialogue with the visual arts influenced his?revolutionary Guggenheim?Bilbao?. Kulapat?Yantrasast,?who describes his rethinking of exhibition design and how it expands?the presentation of work in venerable institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art,?where he is currently redesigning the galleries for the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the?Americas?. Walter Hood,?whose long interest in improvisational techniques in music informed?his?design for outdoor performance spaces in the Oakland Museum?. Elizabeth Diller,?whose conception of the Shed in New York City's Hudson Yards was?influenced by decades of work in conceptual and performance art.  Esteemed architects who have designed, renovated, or created galleries for MoMA, the?New Museum, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York; the National Gallery and the Tate Modern in London; the P?rez Art Museum Miami; the CentrePompidou in Paris, the 21st Century Museum of?Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Japan; the Museum of West African Art?(currently under construction) in Nigeria; and many?others.?? ?  This lively compendium reveals intensely varied architectural?philosophies from a diverse group of established and up-and-coming professionals. Engaging personal recollections of relationships with artists and curators, along with 80 captivating images, provide further insight into the?design process and timeless inspiration for architecture students, artists, museum professionals, and anyone fascinated by architectural design, public space, and museum culture.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306936742261,"sku":"9781797223681","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781797223681.jpg?v=1762802564","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781797223681","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}