Part of a series that places buildings within their historical context, this text considers Van der Rohe's New National Gallery, Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum and Meier's Museum fur Kunsthandwerk. It includes technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. By presenting them together, the aim of the text is that the reader can examine the similarities and differences in approach taken by the architects in designing buildings with successful interior spaces for viewing art and exteriors which ...
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Part of a series that places buildings within their historical context, this text considers Van der Rohe's New National Gallery, Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum and Meier's Museum fur Kunsthandwerk. It includes technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. By presenting them together, the aim of the text is that the reader can examine the similarities and differences in approach taken by the architects in designing buildings with successful interior spaces for viewing art and exteriors which present a public face to the world.
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