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After Bumps and Bribery Charges, Frank Gehry's Library Opens at Princeton
For its trouble, the university has gotten a structure that will probably inspire and delight those who work in it. (Photo by Brian Wilson, Princeton U.)
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Zaha Hadid Is Winner of Museum Competition at Michigan State U.
A rendering shows the winning design for a new art museum at Michigan State U. (Michigan State U. images)
Michigan State University has chosen the London-based architect Zaha Hadid as the winner of a competition to design a new art museum on the campus, the university announced this morning.
Ms. Hadid, who was born in Baghdad, Iraq, has designed a number of buildings in Europe and elsewhere, and she was the winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2004. But so far only one building of hers has been built in the U.S. — the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, in Cincinnati. According to Michigan State, her museum there will be her first building on a college campus when it is completed, in 2010. Her firm is Zaha Hadid Architects.
The museum will be a 41,000-square-foot building with three levels and an aluminum-and-glass exterior. Designed for a site at one of the entrances to the campus, at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Farm Lane, it will also have a sculpture garden.
Groundbreaking will take place later this year, the university says. Earlier news reports had said the university delayed announcing the winner of the competition because the chosen design was “seriously over budget.” Edythe and Eli Broad have pledged $26-million toward the project.
The university also posted images of designs by four other finalists in the competition: Coop Himmelb(l)au, of Vienna; Morphosis, of Los Angeles; Kohn Pedersen Fox, of New York; and Randall Stout Architects, of Los Angeles.
Another rendering shows the winning design’s interior.
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It looks like the corporate logo for a tennis shoe.
— marci Jan 15, 07:45 PM #
Looks great!
— Gary Jan 16, 09:36 AM #