A museum of living architecture - Continuity and contradiction at the Des Moines Art Center (Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Richard Meier). Alread, J. & Leslie, T. JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION, 61(2):35-46, 11, 2007.
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This paper explores the design and construction of the Des Moines Art Center, revealing a set of distinct approaches to both architectural design and the preservation and extension of existing though not yet historic work. Three architects, Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Richard Meier, designed the center in three separate phases. Each of these projects had to take the existing fabric of landscape and building into account, and each adopted startlingly distinctive methods for both preserving and extending the work of their predecessors. The resulting museum, seen as a place for experiencing and making art, and as a record of architectural strategies, forms a unique opportunity for investigation of and reflection upon attitudes toward renovation, preservation, extension, and alteration of recently completed work.
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Center, revealing a set of distinct approaches to both architectural
design and the preservation and extension of existing though not yet
historic work. Three architects, Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Richard
Meier, designed the center in three separate phases. Each of these
projects had to take the existing fabric of landscape and building into
account, and each adopted startlingly distinctive methods for both
preserving and extending the work of their predecessors. The resulting
museum, seen as a place for experiencing and making art, and as a record
of architectural strategies, forms a unique opportunity for
investigation of and reflection upon attitudes toward renovation,
preservation, extension, and alteration of recently completed work.},
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