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Founded in 1870, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is not just an impressive museum - it is also housed in one of America's most distinguished buildings. When it was time to add an extension to accommodate the museum's holdings, Foster + Partners conceived of a brilliant strategy, one that reinforced the logic of the original Beaux-Arts footprint while adding a few neo-Modernist twists such as the insertion of a freestanding glazed structure between the building's two principal spaces. This "crystal spine" encloses an existing courtyard in a glass "jewel box," which creates spaces for visitor orientation and a cafe and leads to the new Art of Americas wing. This book provides a detailed history of the 120,000 square foot project, from the museum's founding to the triumphant unveiling of the new wing.

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Book category Books in English The arts Architecture Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc

• Full title: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Author: Norman Foster
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9783791346939
• ID: 01738888
• Publisher: Prestel UK
• Weight: 593 g
• Dimensions: 218 × 218 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. June 2013

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