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020 _a9780415529044 (hardback)
082 0 0 _a727.6
_bMAC
100 1 _aMacleod, Suzanne.
245 1 0 _aMuseum architecture :
_ba new biography /
_cSuzanne Macleod.
260 _aNew York
_bRoutledge
_c2013
300 _axii, 237 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c26 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
520 _a"Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of museum building around the world and the subsequent development of a body of research to understand the myriad issues. Museum Architecture: A New Biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and the problems of architectural history when applied to the museum and gallery. Starting from a detailed discussion of the key issues in contemporary museum design, the book explores the role of architectural history in the prioritization of specific stories of museum building and museum architects and the exclusion of other actors from the history of museum making. These omissions have contemporary relevance and impact directly on the ways in which the physical structures of museums are shaped. Theoretically, the book places a particular emphasis on the work of Henri Lefebvre in order to establish an understanding of buildings as social relations; the outcome of complex human interactions and relationships.The book utilizes a micro history, an in-depth case study of the "National Gallery of the North", the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, to expose the myriad ways in which museum architecture is made. Coupled with this detailed exploration is an emphasis on contemporary museum design which utilises the understanding of the social realities of museum making developed above to explore ideas for a socially sustainable museum architecture fit for the 21st century"--
520 _a"Museum Architecture: A New Biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and the problems of architectural history when applied to the museum and gallery"--
600 _a Architecture
650 0 _aMuseum architecture
_xSocial aspects.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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