The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square - Architecture Gallery - Australian Institute of Architects, The Voice of Australian Architecture. NGVA presents the National Gallery of Victorias collection of Australian art with gallery exhibition areas of approximately 7,000m2 in a building of with a total area of 14,250m2.
The building showcases each part of the collection: on the ground floor aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands work, nineteenth and twentieth century art on Level 2, and contemporary art, photographs, prints and drawings, fashion & textiles and special exhibitions on Level 3. The scope of the commission was comprehensive, involving not only the design of the building itself, but the gallery interiors, the laying out of all secondary (temporary) walls, exhibition design for the first hang including the selection of colours and paintings of walls, the development of the buildings identity and a specific graphic typeface, the design of fixtures, fitting, counters, gallery and public furniture and multimedia housings, retail fit outs for the gallery shop and Level 3 caf.
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum - In English. Architectural Design. A Daily Dose of Architecture. Frank O. Gehry. The Architect's Studio. Frank O. Gehry - Main Index. Architecture of the Getty Center. Czech Cubism Image Tour. Czech architects distilled from Cubism in painting a distinct style in architecture.
It was revolutionary in appearance both because of the new shapes facades could take, being different from contemporary and historical styles and because of the use of (reinforced) concrete structures. In this sense Cubism was richer in content than Modernism since it considered the facade as a plane of expression that could hold more than plain white stucco. However, the plans of the buildings usually were less radical than those developed by Modernism. Also, one may wonder whether properties of Cubism in painting such as transparency, the suggestion of three- and four dimensions, and ambiguity hold when they are applied in architecture. Reactions, opinions, and other texts concerning Czech Cubism can be posted to Henri Achten.
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Hope you enjoy your visit. If you do, you might want to check back in the future. Your host, Howard Partridge of Cupola Consulting is always collecting and processing new material, which he will add as time allows. Feel free to write him a note with any comments you have about this site. Thanks for stopping by. Much of the recent site work has involved additions to and refinement of the Cupolas of Capitalism architectural gallery.
Your host last updated the Cupola F.A.Q., Cupolas of Capitalism and HotLinks sections in May 2010. Cupola first went online on September 18, 1998. It is mainly a picture gallery of Buildings, Art, and Landscapes that Cupola's webmaster has visited and photographed over the years. The Cupolas of Capitalism gallery details the architectural history of every working state capitol building in the U.S.A. Not everything here is about Architecture, Art, and Nature. The Art Gallery section includes some of Cupola's own artwork.