Designed in the Florentine style, and completed in 1891 as a villa and studio for the artist Franz von Lenbach, the Lenbachhaus became Munichs city art gallery in 1924. Following an analysis of the existing buildings, a wing dating from the 1970s was removed and replaced with a new building, with two floors of galleries, which unifies the historical elements along Richard-Wagner-Strasse. Conceived as a jewel box for the gallerys treasures, the new wing is clad in aluminium-copper-alloy tubes whose colour complements the villas rich ochre render. Inside, a sequence of galleries displays the museums renowned collection of paintings by the early-twentieth-century group, Der Blaue Reiter, echoing the domestic scale of their original setting. As many of these works were painted en plein air, indirect natural light is drawn into the upper-level galleries to create the ideal conditions for their display. Circulation through the building has been completely redefined, beginning with a ne
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | DGIL-0100-0031 |
| Caption: | Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich, Germany. Architect: Foster + Partners, 2013. Exhibition room with video installation 'Z Point' by Angela Bulloch. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 4856 x 3456 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 05/05/2013 |
| Restriction: | Restrictions |
| Credit: | Dennis Gilbert/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Lenbachhaus Munich |
| Headline: | Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich, Germany. Architect: Foster + Partners, 2013. |
| City: | Munich |
| Country: | Germany |
| Architect: | Foster + Partners |
| Architect Website: | www.fosterandpartners.com |
| Category: | Culture And Entertainment |
| Building Type: | Museum |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | Designed in the Florentine style, and completed in 1891 as a villa and studio for the artist Franz von Lenbach, the Lenbachhaus became Munichs city art gallery in 1924. Following an analysis of the existing buildings, a wing dating from the 1970s was removed and replaced with a new building, with two floors of galleries, which unifies the historical elements along Richard-Wagner-Strasse. Conceived as a jewel box for the gallerys treasures, the new wing is clad in aluminium-copper-alloy tubes whose colour complements the villas rich ochre render. Inside, a sequence of galleries displays the museums renowned collection of paintings by the early-twentieth-century group, Der Blaue Reiter, echoing the domestic scale of their original setting. As many of these works were painted en plein air, indirect natural light is drawn into the upper-level galleries to create the ideal conditions for their display. Circulation through the building has been completely redefined, beginning with a ne |
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| Orientation: | H |
| Type: | Museum |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Full Frame |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | Room view |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Interior |
| Photographer: | Dennis Gilbert |
| Source File Name: | DGIL-0100-0031.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |