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Kunsthaus Graz

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Kunsthaus Graz
Museum
2002-2003
Graz,Austria

Landesmuseum Joanneum Lendkai 1
A-8020 Graz,Austria

website: www.kunsthausgraz.at


Architect: Cook/Fournier
+Peter Cook
+Colin Fournier


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The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Its exhibition program specializes in contemporary art of the last four decades.
Its unusual form differs radically from conventional exhibition contexts, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist "White Cube". The team of architects used an innovative stylistic idiom, known as blob architecture within the historical ambiance of the Murvorstadt. Thus, the gigantic building affectionately called the "Friendly Alien" by its creators Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, in form and material, stands out consciously against the surrounding baroque roof landscape with its red clay roofing tiles but nevertheless integrates the façade of the 1847 iron house.



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by another29 | 2005-11-07 03:51 | □Architecture

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