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SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Museums and buildings for exhibitions
Art museums
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Cécile Brunengo, "Extension traversante pour le SFMoMA / SFMoMA: a cross-cutting extension", L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 410, décembre/december 2015, p. 21 |
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Janet Wilson (ed.), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle 2000 |
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Livio Salvadori (ed.), "Pietre, marmi e graniti in mostra a Carrara", Casabella 656, maggio/may 1998, "Attualità" |
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EcoEnea 1 (supplemento a/supplement of L'Arca 121, dicembre/december 1997), p. 4 (3-5) |
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Robert Canfield (photo), "Il nuovo SFMoMA / The New SFMoMA", Lotus International 86, settembre/september 1995, pp. 6-29 Janet Abrams, "Mario Botta: il museo d'arte moderna di San Francisco / Mario Botta's San Francisco Museum of Modern Art", Lotus International 86, settembre/september 1995, pp. 7-17 (6-29) "San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Mario Botta", Lotus International 86, settembre/september 1995, p. 19 (6-29) |
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"Botta's new San Francisco MOMA opens", Progressive Architecture 2/1995, february 1995, p. 37 |
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Geert Bekaert, "SFMOMA. Nieuw museum van Mario Botta / SFMOMA. New museum by Mario Botta", Archis 2/1995, februari/february 1995, pp. 7-8 |
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Philip Jodidio, "Homme d'argent, homme de brique / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art", Connaissance des arts 513, january 1995, pp. 114-121 |
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Richard Barnes (photo), "Il nuovo Museum of Modern Art di San Francisco / The new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art", Domus 767, gennaio/january 1995, "Progetti/Projects" pp. 8-22 Kenneth Frampton, "L'arcaico rivisitato. Mario Botta a San Francisco / Archaicity Revisited. Mario Botta in San Francisco", Domus 767, gennaio/january 1995, "Progetti/Projects" pp. 19-22 (8-22) |
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"Tre musei nuovi nuovi", L'Arca 88, dicembre/december 1994 [Natura e artificio / Natural-Artificial], "l'Arca2" p. 100 |
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Karen D. Stein, Aaron Betsky, "Monument to art: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California", Architectural Record 11/1994, november 1994, pp. 74-83 |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Total sq.m. 20,903 (sq.ft. 225,000)
Total Gallery Space sq.m. 6,503 (sq.ft. 70,000) Gallery Space Indoor sq.m. 5,528 (sq.ft. 59,500) Gallery Space Outdoor sq.m. 901 (sq.ft. 9,700) Public Access/Free Space sq.m. 650 (sq.ft. 7,000) Education Space sq.m. 316 (sq.ft. 3,400) Performance/Event Space sq.m. 306 (sq.ft. 3,300) Conservation Lab sq.m. 260 (sq.ft. 2,800) Museum Store sq.m. 502 (sq.ft. 5,400) Restaurant/Dining sq.m. 362 (sq.ft. 3,900) |
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HOK - Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum |
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Ugo Früh, Thomas Hegi, Davide Macullo, Maurizio Pelli (Studio Botta)
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Photos © Carol M.Highsmith, Jon McNeal, Henrik Kam Courtesy of Library of Congress, SFMOMA, Snøhetta, Qywee
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