New Designs and Restorations of Classics: Museums for the Next Decade

From the Louvre Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf to the U.S. East Coast to California, these museum designs will inspire future generations.

Sponsored by Pilkington North America – NSG Group

Learning Objectives:

Explain the design objectives of the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
Describe the steps taken to restore the glazed roof of Philip Johnson’s Sculpture Gallery at the Glass House.
List one way the design of Columbia University’s Arts and Science Centers went beyond the museum’s core programmatic needs.
Discuss the strategy that helped SO-IL and BCJ win the competition for design and construction of the Manetti Shrem Museum.

Credits:

1 AIA LU/Elective

0.1 IACET CEU*

1 AIBD P-CE

SAA 1 Hour of Core Learning

As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
This course is approved as a core course

This test is no longer available for credit

This course is part of the Zoos, Museums, and Arts Academy

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While the design and construction of tall buildings garner a lot of publicity, these museum designs make dramatic statements as subtle pieces of architecture. With attention to their surroundings and the ways in which natural light can contribute to design, these projects are steering museum design into the next century.

Louvre Abu Dhabi by Ateliers Jean Nouvel
From bronze-framed glass display cabinets to an exquisite glass ceiling, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has been more than a decade in the making and well worth the wait.
Josephine Minutillo

An Expression of Movement: Fentress Architects’ Design for U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
The U.S. pavilion at the next world expo in Dubai in October 2020 will be a cylindrical building that is an expression of movement, according to Denver-based Fentress Architects.
Fred A. Bernstein

Restored Sculpture Gallery Reopens at Philip Johnson's Glass House
New glazing and lighting restore Philip Johnson’s Sculpture Gallery at the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, to its original glory.
Miriam Sitz

Columbia University’s Arts and Science Centers by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
The predominantly transparent Jerome L. Greene Science Center and neighboring mostly opaque Lenfest Center for the Arts are the first completed buildings at Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus, a 17-acre site in Harlem.
Fred A. Bernstein

The Manetti Shrem Museum of Art by SO-IL & Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
At UC Davis, the inspiration for the distinctive canopy’s simple construction and sensuous design—reaching as high as 34 feet and dipping as low as 12 feet—came from the surrounding farmlands and their greenhouse structures.
Josephine Minutillo

Louvre Abu Dhabi by Ateliers Jean Nouvel

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Originally published in February 2019

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