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New renderings of sfmoma expansion. Snøhetta

New renderings of sfmoma expansion. Snøhetta

Feb 16, 2013

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New renderings released by [ Snøhetta ] and the [ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ] detail spaces in the 235,000 museum expansion, which is slated to open in 2016. renderings: courtesy of mir and snøhetta

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SFMOMA’s new building will include seven levels dedicated to diverse art experiences and programming spaces, along with three housing enhanced support space for the museum’s operations. It will also offer approximately 130,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor gallery space, as well as nearly 15,000 square feet of art-filled free-access public space, more than doubling SFMOMA’s current capacity for the presentation of art while maintaining a sense of intimacy and connection to the museum’s urban surroundings.

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Other notable features include:
>A large-scale vertical garden located in a new outdoor sculpture terrace on the third floor, which will be the biggest public living wall of native plants in San Francisco.
>A versatile, double-height “white box” space on the fourth floor equipped with cutting-edge lighting and sound systems that, in tandem with the museum’s upgraded Phyllis
>Wattis Theater, will open new doors for SFMOMA’s program of live art, and also improve services for school-group tours, film screenings, and special events.
>State-of-the-art conservation studios on the seventh and eighth floors that will further SFMOMA’s progressive work in the care and interpretation of its growing collections.
>An environmentally sensitive approach on track to achieve LEED Gold certification, with 15% energy-cost reduction, 30% water-use reduction, and 20% reduction in wastewater generation.
>A new outdoor terrace on the seventh floor with incredible city views, further integrating the urban indoor/outdoor experience that SFMOMA began in 2009 with the opening of its current rooftop sculpture garden on the fifth floor.

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[ local firm EHDD assisting snøhetta ] [ sfmoma news ]

New holland island will get a new museum.

Oct 4, 2011



Thanks to millionaire businessman Roman Abramovich and his art-loving girlfriend, Dasha Zhukova, the long defunct New Holland Island in St. Petersburg, Russia, is being transformed into a “mini-art metropolis.” The first step in renovating the former storage facility and military prison built by Peter the Great in the early 1700s was finding an architect. Norman Foster’s proposal was apparently turned down for being too modern, but it was just announced that the progressive NY firm WORK AC got the job. Their proposed “city within a city” will mostly subtract from the existing structures, incorporating as much open, public space as possible, even including a hot tub – now that’s gotta be a first for a museum.





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Wolfsonian wrestler available as bookend.

Jun 1, 2011

left: wrestler in wolfsonian museum lobby. the six feet, six inches tall sculpture was displayed at 1932 olympic games in los angeles. (click to enlarge)
left: new bookend
In partnership with reading accessory company Levenger, the Wolfsonian–Florida International University in Miami has issued its beloved Wrestler sculpture as a book end, muscular enough for the heftiest rank of art books. Something of a mascot for the Wolfsonian, the 1929 piece is part robot, part muscle man and is the work of American sculptor Dudley Vaill Talcott (1899-1986)
 
Wolfsonian director Cathy Leff says that “The Wrestler embodies many themes addressed by our collection. He is an expression of the promise of the machine age and this new material, aluminum, as well as that era’s growing interest in sports and physical culture. The fact that he was exhibited at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics is fitting for our collection with its strong representation of worlds’ fairs and expositions. The Wrestler also fits South Beach’s fascination with body culture.” 
 
The bookend is made of polyresin finished to resemble aluminum. It will be available on June 2 at  Levenger or at the Wolfsonian’s Dynamo Museum Shop Miami Beach. 305.535.2680 or paola [at] thewolf.fiu [dot] edu Price: $99; or two or more for $88 apiece.

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