Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture

The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA

http://www.moma.org
Wednesday 10 November 2010 to Monday 30 May 2011
Exhibition previously on at The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA in New York, United States
Presenting a selection of models and drawings acquired by the Department of Architecture and Design since 2005—the vast majority on view here for the first time—Building Collections underscores the rationale and motives of collecting architecture at MoMA.

The exhibition is organized around several themes, including ornament and abstraction, modernist urbanism and utopias, Latin American modernism, the revival of Berlin architecture since reunification, and the role of process in architecture since the digital revolution. Featured works date from 1890 to the present, and represent such diverse figures as Louis Sullivan, Le Corbusier, Bodo and Heinz Rasch, Jean Tschumi, Ant Farm, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Sauerbruch Hutton, Barkow Leibinger, UN Studio, and Seung H-Sang of Korea.

Location

The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA
11 West 53 Street
Midtown Manhattan Precinct
New York
United States
Assembly Hall, Chandigarh, India
© All rights reserved Le Corbusier 2010 United States
Roof model, 1964 Plaster and painted wood, 31 7/8 x 45 1/16 x 45 1/2" (81 x 114.5 x 115.5 cm)
"Ceci n'est pas l'architecture" Drawing from Buenos Aires Lecture. 1929
© All rights reserved Le Corbusier 2010 United States
Charcoal and crayon on paper, 39 3/4 x 25 9/16" (101 x 65 cm)
Tower of Shadows, Chandigarh, India
© All rights reserved Le Corbusier 2010 United States
Scale model, 1957 Cedar and painted plywood, 9 13/16 x 18 1/8 x 24" (25 x 46 x 61 cm)
Ant Farm (American, 1968-1978)
© All rights reserved Richard Jost 2010 United States
Richard Jost (American, born 1942), Chip Lord (American, born 1944), and Doug Michels (American, 1943-2003) House of the Century (Alvin and Marilyn Lubetkin House), Mo-Jo Lake, Texas. East and West Elevations. 1971-73 Ink, pencil, and felt-tipped marker on transparentized paper, 24 x 36" (61 x 91.4 cm)
Suspension Houses Project
© All rights reserved Bodo Rasch 2010 United States
Perspective sketch. 1927-1928 Pencil on parchment paper, 23 13/16 x 26 3/8" (60.5 x 67 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Perspective sketch. 2004
© All rights reserved Steven Holl 2010 United States
Watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper, 5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Stenciled Frieze Panel
© All rights reserved Louis Sullivan 2010 United States
Louis Sullivan (American, 1856-1924) and Dankmar Adler (American, 1844-1900) From the Trading Room of the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, IL. c. 1893 Oil on canvas. 56 x 53 1/2" (142.2 x 135.9 cm)
Model. 2005-2006
© All rights reserved Jurgen Mayer 2010 United States
Jürgen Mayer H. (German, born 1965) Mensa Karlsruhe Dining Hall, Karlsruhe, Germany Laser-cut polystyrene, glue, white airbrushed paint, 2 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 11" (6 x 19.7 x 27.9 cm)
GSW Headquarters, Berlin, Germany Urban
© All rights reserved Sauerbruch Hutton 2010 United States
Sauerbruch Hutton (German, established 1989). Matthias Sauerbruch (German, born 1955) and Louisa Hutton (British, born 1957). Isometric. 1991 Acrylic paint and ink on transparent film mounted on stainless steel, 14 x 20 1/2" (35.6 x 52.1 cm)
Konstruction, 1921
© All rights reserved Farkas Molnár 2010 United States
Farkas Molnár (Hungarian, 1897-1945) Linocut, 11 7/16 x 11 7/16" (29 x 29 cm)
Nestle Headquarters, Vevey, Switzerland
© All rights reserved Jean Tschumi 2010 United States
Jean Tschumi (Swiss, 1904-1962) South facade perspective. 1956-1957 Colored pencil and gouache on vellum, 20 x 28" (50.8 x 71.1 cm)
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Model, 2001-2006
© All rights reserved Ben van Berkel 2010 United States
UNStudio (Dutch, Founded 1998) Ben van Berkel (Dutch, born 1957) and Caroline Bos (Dutch, born 1959) Composite board, plastic and paint, 25 1/2 x 39 1/4 x 43 1/4" (64.8 x 99.7 x 109.9 cm)
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Study models, 2001-2006
© All rights reserved Ben van Berkel 2010 United States
UNStudio (Dutch, Founded 1998) Ben van Berkel (Dutch, born 1957) and Caroline Bos (Dutch, born 1959) Ink on paper, various dimensions
Wiener Internationale Messe
© All rights reserved Viktor Weixler 2010 United States
Viktor Weixler (Austrian, 1883-1977) and Fritz Judtmann (German, 1899-1968) Poster for a Vienna trade fair, 1923 Lithograph, 49 5/8 x 37 3/8" (126 x 95 cm)