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Akron Art Museum
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  United States |
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  Ohio |
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  One South High - Akron - Ohio 44308
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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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2002 - 2004
project winner of competition
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2004 - 2007 |
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2005 |
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American Architecture Award |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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"Coop Himmelb(l)au. Akron Art Museum. Akron, Ohio, Stati Uniti", Casabella 760, novembre/november 2007, "Musei" pp. 32-39 Chiara Baglione, "Il cristallo e la nuvola", Casabella 760, novembre/november 2007, "Musei" p. 33 (32-39) |
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AMOUNT |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Surface |
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site sq.m. 8.370 floor sq.m. 6.045 |
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B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
De Simone Consulting Engineers, San Francisco, USA |
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Knight & Stolar, Cleveland (OH) |
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COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Wolf D. Prix/ W. Dreibholz & Partner ZT GmbH |
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Westlake Reed Leskosky, Cleveland, Ohio Partner in Charge: Ron Reed Project Director: Rich Keilmann |
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Athanasios Anastopoulos, Christopher Beccone, Rodrigo Chavez, Sergio Gonzales, Lena Grohmann, Valerie Fischer, Angus Schoenberger, Michael Sims Jr., Augustin Solrzano, Oliver Tessmann, Dionicio Valdez |
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IBE-Consulting Engineers, Van Nuys (CA) |
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Charles Sparks + Company, Westchester (IL) |
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