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kolumba museum, peter zumthor 1997-2007
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kolumba museum, köln, germany 1997-2007.
architect: peter zumthor, b.1943
quiet, clever and dignified building by peter zumthor in a context of potentially stifling complexity.
the sheer perfection of zumthor's museum was disturbing. I was reminded of the tennis coach who said that today, the player who makes the fewest mistakes ends up winning the tournament. I always found it hard to imagine anyone being excited about a lack of mistakes.
but buildings that are designed to last centuries don't have to win you over on the first date and my view of the kolumba has changed a lot since my visit, leaving little of my initial scepticism. much of the perfection and coldness of the place and its large, unbroken surfaces is the result of the architect holding back, holding his breath, keeping quiet in the face of so many existing layers and - of course - an art collection meant to be the main attraction.
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Bläse Limeworks Museum
Image by Bartek Kuzia
What could be more boring than a limeworks museum? My wife even refused to buy a ticket, because she was not going to watch cement for money.
Wrong. There were those rooms reconstructed in every detail, a coop store, a train, a Volvo from the fifties, all sorts of things one would not expect in a museum dedicated to the grey stuff.
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Escalator @ Petersen Automotive Museum
Image by Mike Chen aka Metalman
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From Wikipedia:
The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non profit organization specializing in the education and history of the automobile.
Founded on June 11, 1994 by Robert E. Petersen (who founded Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines) and his wife, Margie, the million dollar Petersen Automotive Museum is owned and operated by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation. Previously located within the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, today the museum is permanently housed in a historic 1960s department store building. It was originally built in 1962 for a short lived U.S. branch of Japanese department store chain, Seibu. Then, from 1964-1986, it operated as Ohrbach's department store. More.
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