Among the most important institutions in Western society as well as a great subject for architectural design over the last two centuries, today the museum is going through a period of profound rethinking in terms of its role, function and form.
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo from: K. F. Schinkel, Sammlung architektonischer Entwürfe
Le Corbusier, Design for the 'Musée à croissance illimitée', 1930
F. Albini, Museo del Tesoro di San Lorenzo, Genoa, 1952-56. Plan of a tholos
J. Stirling, M. Wilford, Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Photo L. Basso Peressut
A. Rossi, Bonnefanten Musem, Maastricht. Photo Gabriele Basilico, Domus 762/94
Beyeler Foundation, side elevation. Photo Thomas Dix, Domus 798/97
Getty Center, internal courtyard. Photo J. Paul Getty Trust/Scott Frances Esto, Domus 799/97
Jewish Museum, zigzag structure clad in zinc. Photo Stefan Müller, Domus 820/99
Tate Modern, general view of the turbines hall. Photo Nicholas Kaine/Arcaid, Domus 828/00
Experience Music Project, detail of the east front. Photo Lara Swimmer/Esto, Domus 829/00
A. Ibrahim, R. Badran, Science Oasis Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, project, 1988
Museo de la Ciencia y del Cosmos, Tenerife, 1993. Display by Enric Franch. Photo Lluis Casals
S. Fehn, Glacier Museum, Fjaerland, Sognefjord, Sweden, 1991. Photo H. Hille
Images from the cd-rom Le plus beau musée du monde, Gallimard multimédia, 1998
Photo Archivio Domus
Photo Archivio Domus
Photo Archivio Domus
H. Robert, Grande Galerie before intervention by Percier and Fontaine. Photo Musée du Louvre
Leo von Klenze, Glyptotek, Munich, 1816-30. Photo L. Basso Peressut
Le Corbusier, 'Musée d'Art Occidental', Tokyo, 1957
F. Albini, Museo del Tesoro di San Lorenzo, Genoa. View of a tholos
R. Meier, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona. Photo L. Basso Peressut
O. M. Ungers, Neue Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Photo Klaus Frahm/Contur, Domus 793/97
Beyeler Foundation, exhibition spaces. Photo Thomas Dix, Domus 798/97
Getty Center, room inside the museum. Photo J. Paul Getty Trust/Scott Frances Esto, Domus 799/97
Jewish Museum, facade detail. Photo Stefan Müller, Domus 820/99
Tate Modern, view from the Thames. Photo Nicholas Kane/Arcaid, Domus 828/00
Experience Music Project. Photo Lara Swimmer/Esto, Domus 829/00
A. Isozaki, Domus, Casa del Hombre, La Coruña, 1995. Photo Xurxo S. Lobato
P. Chemetov, Exhibition at Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Paris, 1994. Photo L. Basso Peressut
P. Märkli, Foundation “La Congiunta”, Giornico, Switzerland, 1992. Photo Alo Zanetta, Domus 753/93
The Wellcome Wing, Science Museum, London. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
Étienne-Louis Boullée, Design for a Muséum, 1783
View of a room in the Hermitage, St Petersburg. Watercolour from 1800
F. L. Wright, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1943-59. Photo L. Basso Peressut
L. I. Kahn, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1967-72. Photo Tom Brown, Domus 579/78
R. Meier, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Photo L. Basso Peressut
R. Koolhaas, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 1987-92. Photo Domus 747/93
Beyeler Foundation, Detail of the longitudinal section
Getty Center, general axonometric
Jewish Museum, Alphabet, development drawing. Photo Domus 820/99
Tate Modern, longitudinal section. Photo Domus 828/00
Experience Music Project, mezzanine plan. Photo Domus 829/00
Herzog & de Meuron, Karikatur and Cartoon Museum, 1995. Photo M. Spiluttini, Domus 783/96
R. Appelbaum, Exhibition at The US Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1993. Photo A. Kramer/Ushmm
T. Ando, Museum of Wood, Mikata-gun, Hyogo, Japan, 1994. Photo S. Ogawa
