Museums have emerged as major travel destinations for millions of travelers and every major city is adding to an existing museum or planning a new one to compete as a world cultural center. What's new about museum visitors today is that it is not only the collections and shows they are coming to see, it is also the museum building itself. Cities are quickly learning that a new museum, or an addition by a world-class architect can do more to generate tourism than can the acquisition of a major piece of art. This ...
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Museums have emerged as major travel destinations for millions of travelers and every major city is adding to an existing museum or planning a new one to compete as a world cultural center. What's new about museum visitors today is that it is not only the collections and shows they are coming to see, it is also the museum building itself. Cities are quickly learning that a new museum, or an addition by a world-class architect can do more to generate tourism than can the acquisition of a major piece of art. This unprecedented collection takes a look at the new museums and museum builders. Presenting in detail a selection of museums which have been built in the past five years or are planned for completion over the next five years, this book will look at these new museums from a design perspective.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. First edition, 2000, hardcover with gray cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 192pp., illustrated in color. Book near fine with mild edgewear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with toning, rubbing, scratch to rear panel.
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Very Good in very good jacket. Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. This unprecedented collection takes a design perspective in examining a selection of museums built from 1995 through the first decade of the 21st century. Includes Mass MOCA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Cantor Center at Stanford University, Corning Museum of Glass, and others. Beautifully illustrated. Measures 9.25x11.25 inches. 192p.
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