Prestel Publishers, Munich
Idea and concept: Art Centre Basel
Contemporary museum buildings are often a seismograph of architectural culture. This book introduces 25 museum buildings - designed, still under construction or completed within the last decade, by internationally renowned architects.
"A roundup of terrific, confident buildings"
(The Times Literary Supplement)
Museums for a New Millennium: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
Museen für ein neues Jahrtausend: Ideen, Projekte, Bauten
Museus para o Novo Milénio: Conceitos, Projectos, Edifícios
Musei per un Nuovo Millennio: Idee, Progetti, Edifici
1999 English edition, ISBN 3-7913-2219-2
1999 German edition, ISBN 3-7913-2183-8
1999 Portuguese edition, ISBN 3-7913-2353-9
2000 Italian edition, ISBN 3-7913-2352-0
2003 Japanese edition, ISBN 4-88706-239-7
2005 Korean edition, ISBN 89-356-5790-4
2005 Chinese edition, ISBN 978-7-5381-4774-2
Editors: Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani and Angeli Sachs
Essays and commentaries by 30 experts (see list below)
224 pages with 176 colour and 220 b/w-illustrations
24 x 30,5 cm
Introductory essays:
Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani and Stanislaus von Moos
Collaborating experts:
Friedrich Achleitner, Colin Amery, John M. Armleder, Rita Capezzuto, Luis Fernández-Galiano, Kurt W. Forster, Kenneth Frampton, Katharina Fritsch, Masao Furuyama, Paul Goldberger, Ruth Hanisch, Herman Kerkdijk, Juan José Lahuerta, Benedikt Loderer, Jacques Lucan, Gerhard Merz, Michael Mönninger, Luca Molinari, John V. Mutlow, Joan Ockman, Kenneth Powell, Sebastian Redecke, Thomas F. Reese and Carol McMichael Reese, Angeli Sachs, Franz Schulze, Ulrich Maximilian Schumann, Wolfgang Sonne, Deyan Sudjic
