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The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma : Arata Isozaki

Title
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma : Arata Isozaki / Philip Drew ; [photography, Yasuhiro Ishimoto].
Author
Drew, Philip, 1943-
Publication
London : Phaidon, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Isozaki, Arata.
  • Ishimoto, Yas.
Description
60 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
Summary
Arata Isozaki is one of the most profilic and creative personalities in contemporary architecture. The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, arguably the architect's masterwork, was the first in a line of commissions for modern art museums on a world-wide scale. Completed in 1974 it was recently extended by Isozaki in 1994. The museum is located in the rural surroundings of the Gunma-no-Mori park, and is the most complete realization by Isozaki of a conceptual architectural approach - a pristine, essential structure composed of an arrangement of cubes taking the form of a large rectangular block with projecting wings. The 1994 addition consists of a cube added to the main entrance facade housing the new Highvision Theatre, and a restaurant which occupies part of the area beneath one of the wings.
Series Statement
Architecture in detail
Uniform Title
Architecture in detail (London, England)
Subject
  • Isozaki, Arata
  • Isozaki, Arata
  • Isozaki, Arata > Criticism and interpretation
  • Gunma Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan
  • Architecture, Postmodern > Japan
  • Architecture, Postmodern
  • Kunstmusea
  • Architects > Japan > 20th century
  • Japan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 60).
ISBN
  • 0714835498
  • 9780714835495
OCLC
  • ocm36217207
  • 36217207
  • SCSB-8993895
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library