MoMA QNS
Long Island City
33 Street at Queens Blvd.
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Tall Buildings
dal 15/7/2004 al 27/9/2004
212 7089400
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The Museum of Modern Art



 
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15/7/2004

Tall Buildings

MoMA QNS, Long Island City

The exhibition presents large-scale models, drawings, and photographs of twenty-five skyscrapers from around the world. All designed within the last decade, these buildings are helping to redefine the genre for the twenty-first century. Featured projects include Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond's CCTV Tower in Beijing; Sir Norman Foster and John Brazier's Swiss Re Tower in London; United Architects' proposal for the World Trade Center; and projects by Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Peter Eisenman, and Arata Isozaki, among others.


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Opening July 16, Tall Buildings presents large-scale models, drawings, and photographs of twenty-five skyscrapers from around the world. All designed within the last decade, these buildings are helping to redefine the genre for the twenty-first century. Featured projects include Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond's CCTV Tower in Beijing; Sir Norman Foster and John Brazier's Swiss Re Tower in London; United Architects' proposal for the World Trade Center; and projects by Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Peter Eisenman, and Arata Isozaki, among others. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

Organized by Terence Riley, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, and Guy Nordenson, Structural Engineer, New York, and Associate Professor of Architecture and Structures, Princeton University.

The exhibition is the second in a series of five exhibitions presented by The Lily Auchincloss Fund for Contemporary Architecture. The publication is made possible by Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown. The accompanying educational programs are made possible by BNP Paribas.

Image:
Renzo Piano | Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architect; Paul Nuttall | Ove Arup & Partners, engineer. London Bridge Tower, London, England. View from the street (computer-generated image). Design 2000–03; projected completion 2009. 1,016 feet (310 meters) high.

MoMA QNS
33 Street at Queens Blvd.
Long Island City, Queens

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Lee Bontecou
dal 29/7/2004 al 27/9/2004

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