Press Release: "Museums in the 21st Century. Ideas, Projects, Buildings.", an exhibition initiated by the Art Centre Basel, comprises a collection of 27 of the nearly interesting international museum projects which were either conceived during the first decade of the 21st century, are currently emerging or have been developed as a perpetual thought for providing incentive. Since 2006, the traveling exhibition has toured beyond four continents, has been constantly updated and now offers new perspectives for the realization of drafted projects. The exhibition, which is being shown at the BMW Museum from 20 May 2010 to 19 September 2010, can be seen in Southern Germany for the very outset fourth dimension.

Museum buildings are amongst the most remarkable and attractive large-calibration constructions of our time. The exhibition is directed at a broad-ranging target group and presents architectural models, large-size photos and pictures, edifice plans and graphic representations of the globe's most modern museum buildings. These accept been conceived by renowned architects from all four corners of the globe – Tadao Andō, Zaha Hadid, Mario Botta, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel and Daniel Libeskind as well as Coop Himmelb(50)au and Frank O. Gehry.

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The exhibits comprise a wide-ranging and diversified synopsis of modern museum architecture. The exhibition was initiated by Suzanne Greub, founder of the Art Center Basel. The Fine art Centre Basel arranged the presentation of each individual project in cooperation with the respective architects. The exhibition deals with the museum as a universal miracle, whilst at the same time intentionally preserving each builder's distinctive signature, this being expressed in the composition of models, photos and pictures, building plans and graphic representations.

Varying architectural concepts create identifying features.
"Modern museum architecture is not simply an expression of art, it also serves over and above that every bit a recognizable and identifiable feature of the locations at which it is to be found," says Ralf Rodepeter, manager of the BMW Museum. Consequently, the exhibition is besides designed to reflect this. Museum buildings within the structure of big cities, as an extension of already existing facilities, as a free-standing solitaire building, or within a mural context. At a glance it becomes evident – new trends maintain a complex and tense relationship with traditional museum architecture, with the exhibited projects expressing varying bones approaches towards compages. An exhibition catalog published past Prestel serves as a useful introductory guide and as well provides a well-illustrated documentation of all 27 projects.

BMW has gained experience through its own prominent edifice projects, which serve as distinguishing features and were realized past renowned architects. For case, the BMW Museum itself, the extension of which was carried out past ATELIER BRÜCKNER and ART + COM, forms part of the art exhibition which offers the company a bird'southward eye view by means of drawings and models.

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The display is designed as an international touring exhibition, making appearances at around 20 venues on 4 continents. To date, it has been shown in Rome, Lyon, Lisbon, Oslo and in several N American cities. Following its presentation at the BMW Museum, it volition continue its journey until 2012 to further well-known cultural facilities, which will include the MART (Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto) in Rovereto, the CDAN (Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundación Beulas) in Huesca as well as the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp.

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Information regarding the exhibition at the BMW Museum
Access to the exhibition is 5 Euros/reduced toll ii.l Euros. The BMW Museum is situated betwixt the BMW high-rise building and the BMW Welt at Olympiapark 2, 80809 Munich. Opening times: Tuesdays to Sundays and on public holidays x a.m. – 6 p.m. Closed Mondays except Whit Monday (24.05).
For farther data regarding opening times and reservations please visit
world wide web.bmw-museum.de or phone 01802 118822.

[Source: BMW ]

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