12-Year-Old Building at MoMA Is Doomed. Ruins of Modernity
12/04/2013.
by ROBIN POGREBIN
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
"When a new home for the American Folk Art Museum opened on West 53d Street in Manhattan in 2001 it was hailed as a harbinger of hope for the city after the Sept. 11 attacks and praised for its bold architecture." Thus begins his article in The New York Times Robin Pogrebin, to announce shortly the demolition of this museum.
“MoMA Tower” or "Torre Verre". Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
“MoMA Tower” or "Torre Verre". Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
“MoMA Tower” or "Torre Verre". Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
Night view, American Folk Art Museum in New York City before being demolished in 2014
Main elevation. American Folk Art Museum.
Detail Façade. American Folk Art Museum.
Herbert Muschamp, one of the most important critics wrote in his architecture review in The New York Times: “Its heart is in the right time as well as the right place,” calling the museum’s sculptural bronze facade “already a Midtown icon.”
The American Folk Art Museum in New York is going to be demolished by the Museum of Modern Art, 12 years after its completion by USA architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. The bronze-clad museum, which opened its doors in December 2001, will be demolished and replaced with a glass-fronted building linking MoMA's existing space on West 53rd Street with a planned 82-storey tower designed by French architect Jean Nouvel.
The building is not the Museum! The Museum is not the building! In this way starts an article about the news on American Folk Art Museum Website.
