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The original MOMA was a Deco Moderne building by architects Philip Goodwin and Edward Stone. Philip Johnson designed an addition with a black steel façade and created the sculpture garden in the 1960s. Recently all the interiors have been gutted and the exhibition space doubled in a much acclaimed remodeling of the complex by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi.
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Don't really like the new addition. First off the 1939 building has been largey abandoned for no good reason. Also the new galleries are poorly laid out and you can easily get lost.
Another sore spot are the nearly invisible balcony railings. Damn near fell into the lobby at one point.
Posted by Franny Wentzel | February 10, 2007 9:14 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 21:14
I have so many fond associations with the artwork and film programs at MOMA that it is hard even to judge the building or the re-work of it. The main, open, ascending interior tower I think will come to be seen as staggering, but all the little portholes and bridge-like walkways around it make me think of those tubed hamster habitats.
As I was walking around the layout made me vaguely anxious as to which galleries I had covered, or whether I had missed some.
Posted by suits_me | February 12, 2007 4:43 AM
Posted on February 12, 2007 04:43