Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Steven Holl Architects

"The idea of complimentary contrast, the Stone and the Feather, drove our design for the addition to the classical stone temple and surrounding landscape. The addition is not an object: we envisioned a new paradigm fusing landscape and architecture. In contrast to the stone building, the new lightweight architecture of glass lenses is scattered about the landscape framing sculpture gardens."

Steven Holl Architects
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, Missouri

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Abu Dhabi Cultural District, Tadao Ando

The elegant architecture begins with a unique space carved out of a simple volume that is shaped by the force and fluidity of Abu Dhabi wind...With its reflective surface, the water court visually merges site and sea, reinforcing the maritime theme of the museum.

Tadao Ando Architect

Abu Dhabi Cultural District

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Creative architecture, Richard Meier

"Creative architecture must look forward as well as backward, deriving from but also extending history. Rather than responding with nostalgic regressions or future projection."

Richard Meier
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the architecture, Alvar Aalto

“True architecture exists only where man stands in the center.”

Alvar Aalto


...How great is the architecture depends on how deep the men feel the space...

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Tadao Ando

Water & light

"the pavilions that float on the water... Lighting differs between the spaces, from diffused light in the narrow galleries to reflected light onto the concrete haunches of the wider galleries. A desire for diffused and reflected natural light was a major influence on the building's design. "

Tadao Ando

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Fort Worth

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Wall, Tadao Ando

"walls are the most basic elements of architecture,and in all my works, light is an important factor. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. "

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando's words

"I attempted to generate a dynamic sequence of spaces appropriate to the exhibition’s scale."

Tadao Ando

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