Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Architect: Preston Scott Cohen, 2011.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Architect: Preston Scott Cohen, 2011.

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Located in the center of the city's cultural complex, the program for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Amir Building posed an extraordinary architectural challenge: to resolve the tension between the tight, idiosyncratic triangular site and the museum's need for a series of large, neutral rectangular galleries. The solution: subtly twisting geometric surfaces (hyperbolic parabolas) that connect the disparate angles between the galleries and the context while refracting natural light into the deepest recesses of the half buried building. The building represents an unusual synthesis of two opposing paradigms for the contemporary museum: the museum of neutral white boxes and the museum of architectural spectacle. Individual, rectangular galleries are organized around the "Lightfall", an eighty-seven foot tall spiraling atrium. The building is composed according to multiple axes that deviate significantly from floor to floor. In essence, it is a series of independent plans and steel structural s

Image Details:
Image File: ACNH-0051-0002
Caption: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Architect: Preston Scott Cohen, 2011. Exterior facade detail.
Property Release: No
Model Release: N/A
Dimensions in PX: 3312 x 5066 pixels
Date of Photograph: 19/12/2011
Restriction: No Restriction
Credit: Hufton+Crow/VIEW
Building Details:
View Project Number: 61305
Building Name: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Headline: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Architect: Preston Scott Cohen, 2011.
City: Tel Aviv
Country: Israel
Architect: Preston Scott Cohen
Architect Website: www.pscohen.com
Category: Culture And Entertainment
Building Type: Museum
Year of Completion: 2011
Collection: VIEW Architecture
Public Notes: Located in the center of the city's cultural complex, the program for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Amir Building posed an extraordinary architectural challenge: to resolve the tension between the tight, idiosyncratic triangular site and the museum's need for a series of large, neutral rectangular galleries. The solution: subtly twisting geometric surfaces (hyperbolic parabolas) that connect the disparate angles between the galleries and the context while refracting natural light into the deepest recesses of the half buried building. The building represents an unusual synthesis of two opposing paradigms for the contemporary museum: the museum of neutral white boxes and the museum of architectural spectacle. Individual, rectangular galleries are organized around the "Lightfall", an eighty-seven foot tall spiraling atrium. The building is composed according to multiple axes that deviate significantly from floor to floor. In essence, it is a series of independent plans and steel structural s
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Orientation: V
Type: Museum
B/W or Colour: Colour
Number of People: 1 person
Technique: Full Frame
People Incidental: Yes
Point of View: Detail
Time of Day: Day
Interior or Exterior: Exterior
Photographer: Hufton+Crow
Source File Name: ACNH-0051-0002.jpg
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