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MFAH - Audrey Jones Beck Building
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  North America |
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  United States |
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  Texas |
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  Houston |
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  1001 Bissonnet (at Main), Houston, Texas 77005 (Main Street/Fannin Street/Binz Avenue/Ewing Avenue)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Museums and buildings for exhibitions
Art museums
Operations on existing buildings
Extension, superelevation
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Project |
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1992
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Richard Ingersoll, "Moneo a Houston, il museo come macchina/Moneo in Houston, the Museum as a Machine", Casabella 682, ottobre/october 2000 [Monumenti urbani], pp. 22-31 (22-33), 97-98 |
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Raymund Ryan, "Solid walls, filtered sky: the Audrey Jones Beck Building, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", Architectural Review 1242, august 2000 [Evolving museums], p. 38-43 |
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Rafael Moneo, Audrey Jones Beck Building. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Edition Axel Menges GmbH, 2000 |
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El Croquis 98, 1999 V [Rafael Moneo. 1995-2000], pp. 120-143 |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Peter Marzio, director) |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Surface |
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STRUCTURES |
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Preliminary plan |
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Hayden Salter, José Luis Gahona, Cristoph Schmid, Belén Hermida |
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Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. Larry Burns (project architect) |
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Fischer Marantz Renfro Stone, Inc. |
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ANNOTATIONS |
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The building, also being an independent and separated construction, constitutes a widening of the “Museum of Fine Arts” (see other records “MFAH”), to which is connected through a gallery underground. |
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