Eindhoven’s renewed Van Abbe museum reopens

After five years’ work that has quadrupled its space, the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven is open to the public again.

The extension, designed by Dutch architect Abel Cahen at a cost of 27.5 million euro, submerges the old museum - designed in 1936 by A.J. Kropholler - with a structure full of blunt corners and tilted planes. Its grey stone cladding creates an elegant colour contrast to the red brick of the original building. Lending a minimalist touch to the interior of the new infrastructure – auditorium, shop and library – is the work of the Belgian designer Maarten Van Severen.

What dominates and links the new spaces is the 26-metre leaning tower, which houses a large studio. Artists will be invited to work here.

A curiosity: to prevent noise and overcrowding, only a thousand visitors at a time will be admitted to this new “jewel” of contemporary architecture.

Van Abbe Museum
Bilderdijklaan 10 Eindhoven, The Netherlands
T +31-(0)402381000
E-mail: info@vanabbemuseum.nl
http://www.vanabbemuseum.nl
A total of 2425 square metres of exhibition space proides enough opportunity for displaying the work from the permanent collection, while at the same time mounting changing exhibitions
A total of 2425 square metres of exhibition space proides enough opportunity for displaying the work from the permanent collection, while at the same time mounting changing exhibitions
The museum shop designed by belgian Maarten Van Severen
The museum shop designed by belgian Maarten Van Severen

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