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The New Museum, New York by SANAA
The New Museum, designed by Tokyo-based architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA is the first art museum ever constructed from the ground up in downtown Manhattan.
Sejima and Nishizawa, who receivedthe commission in 2002, have described the building as their responseto the history and powerful personalities of both the New Museumand its storied site. “The Bowery was very gritty when we first visitedit,” they have said. “We were a bit shocked, but we were also impressedthat a contemporary art museum wanted to be there.”
“In the end, the Bowery and the New Museumhave a lot in common. Both have a history of being very accepting,open, embracing of every idiosyncrasy in an unprejudiced manner. Whenwe learned about the history of the New Museum we were flabbergasted by its attitude, which is very political, fearless, and very tough. The New Museum is a combination of elegant and urban. We were determined to make a building that felt like that.”
The New Museum, New York, USA, by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, for, SANAA
Photography by Iwan Baan for Domus
