SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is a museum in the Civic Center area of San Francisco, California. It is sited between the Civic Center and the Financial District areas of the city.
The museum was established in 1935 in a building designed by Timothy L. Pflueger, at the time chairman of the Department of Architecture at Stanford University, acquired and operated by the San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMA), which merged with SFMOMA in 1976. The museum’s current collection includes over 13,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography and media arts. The museum also hosts an active members-only library.
Telling the story behind its architecture: The SFMOMA saga
This blog is dedicated to the history, design, and construction of one of the most significant buildings in San Francisco. Home to the largest museum in the Western United States, SFMOMA is also a building rich with architecture and design. We are currently in our first season of blogging about this rich topic, with new posts being added weekly. Our focus is on the architecture of SFMOMA and its impact on San Francisco and the world.
SFMOMA is a great example of how a museum’s architecture can be used to set the tone of the museum. …
The original museum was designed by Mario Botta, but it is still the most significant part of SFMOMA’s identity. It is a perfect example of what I think of as an “engineering building.” …
I love this building because it is about structural and programmatic complexity: all the things that are hard to do well in architecture.
In 1965, the San Francisco Museum of Art was built in a brutalist style. It was designed by Mario Botta and it is still considered one of the most important modern art museums. However, lately, people have been asking for a renovation because the building seems to be falling apart. In 2009, the museum decided to start a campaign to build a new wing with an updated design that would provide more space and better lighting.
The museum’s new wing will open this month. It was designed by Snøhetta and it will feature three floors with more exhibition space and large windows that allow more natural light inside. The museum officials said that it could be a 21st-century building for 21st-century art.
The project has received mixed reviews from critics and architects. Some say that there are some pieces of architecture that should not be touched, no matter how old they are. They compare the SFMOMA to ruins of ancient civilizations that were built thousands of years ago and do not need any renovation. Others think that there are some good things about this project and they hope that it will become a new symbol for San Francisco’s architectural scene.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a spectacular addition to the San Fran skyline. The building architecture has won many awards, but what about the design? In addition to the architectural design and construction, the museum plays host to many events such as concerts and gallery talks.
The museum is located at 151 Third St. in San Francisco, California 94105. It is between Yerba Buena Gardens and Union Square and is easily accessed from BART and MUNI which are all steps away from the museum. The museum is open daily 11am-5pm with extended hours for special exhibits. The SFMOMA architecture was designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, who have been designing museums around the world since 1981. They were awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001 for their work on this project and other works around the world.*
The Herzog & de Meuron website describes more of their work including many designs that were never built like the “Bavarian National Museum,” which was a bit too crazy for even Bavaria (a country known for its crazy), “The Reversible Destiny of the Cube,” which was intended to be a giant cube made out of smaller cubes that could be rotated so it could always face into
SFMOMA has a new building designed by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, and it’s a stunner. The first time I went to the museum, I was struck by how much more open it felt than the old building. It’s generally agreed that this is mainly due to the absence of columns, an abundance of light from large glass walls and skylights, and the airiness of the spacious galleries.
The Museum’s new building, designed by the renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta, was designed to enhance the visitor experience. The Museum’s architecture was also designed to provide maximum flexibility for future expansion, allowing for galleries and other public spaces to be added as needed.
The new building provides a strong and permanent base for the Museum’s collection of artworks, which includes an extraordinary range of international contemporary art. In addition to the new galleries, the building houses a bookstore and cafe, a museum store, lecture/presentation halls and auditoriums.
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