Architecture of Art Museums

Ronnie Self is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston, USA. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and advanced degrees in Theories of Architecture from the École d’Architecture Paris-Villemin and Philosophy of Art from the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is a registered architect practicing in Houston and previously worked in the Paris office of Renzo Piano Building Workshop for 12 years where, among other projects, he was the Architect in Charge of the Atelier Brancusi for the Centre Georges Pompidou. He writes regularly on recently completed projects throughout the United States for American and French magazines.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth – Fort Worth, Texas 2. Contemporary Arts Center – Cincinnati, Ohio 3. Kunsthaus Graz – Graz, Austria 4. Nasher Sculpture Center – Dallas, Texas 5. The Museum of Modern Art – New York, New York 6. Walker Art Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota 7. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain 8. de Young Museum – San Francisco, California 9. Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion – Toledo, Ohio 10. Denver Art Museum – Denver, Colorado 11. The Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston – Boston, Massachusetts 12. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Bloch Building – Kansas City, Missouri 13. Akron Art Museum – Akron, Ohio 14. New Museum – New York, New York 15. Acropolis Museum – Athens, Greece 16. Museum Brandhorst – Munich, Germany 17. Centre Pompidou-Metz – Metz, France 18. Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo – Rome, Italy Selected Bibliography Credits Index

"He [Self] lucidly dissects how each of these often complicated buildings works in its context, how it is perceived and moved through by visitors, how exhibitions can be hung given the architectural strategies...how the buildings are structured and constructed, how mechanical and environmental systems operate, and how each is serviced."-David Heymann, Cite Magazine"The Architecture of Art Museums presents a terrific summation of the building type over the first decade of the twenty-first century and is the definitive reference work on the subject. It belongs on the shelf of any architect engaged in museum design."--Eric Michael Wolf, Journal of Architectural Education