Abstract :
Renzo Pianoʹs recent addition to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York is of interest in its own right because it radically alters the experience at one of the cityʹs most appealing and unique institutions. But it is also worth considering, Jayne Merkel argues, because Piano is now working on more major museums than any architect in the world. At the Morgan, he subtly transformed a magnificent Renaissance Revival private library into a full-fledged modern museum with fine facilities for displaying parts of the collection and making its resources available to scholars. The old parts look as magnificent as ever, though they are now somewhat side-lined. The new parts are strong and elegant. The two are daringly juxtaposed, and the planning for 14,028 square metres (151,000 square feet) of facilities that more than doubles the size of the whole on part of a cramped Manhattan block is skilful.
Keywords :
Renzo Piano , Museum of Asian Art , Beyer Blinder Belle , Pompeii Visitors Centre Library , 36th Street façade , Beyeler Foundation Museum , Renzo Piano Building Workshop , Busch-Reisinger Museum , Richard Rogers , London Bridge Tower , Centre Nationale dיArte et de Culture George Pompidou , Whitney Museum , Frank Gehry , New York Times Building , Guggenheim Museum , Columbia University campus , Museum of Contenporary Art in Sarajevo-Bosnia-Herzegovina , Menil Collection Museum , Madison Avenue , High Museum of Art , Bartholomew Voorsanger , Museum of Contemporary Art at the CitéInternationale trade fair , Fogg Art Museum , JP Morgan , Lingotto Exhibition Spaces , Harvard , Los Angeles County Museum , Gilder Lehman Hall , Chicago Art Institute
