Posted on 1/12/2016
A series of new architecture commissions and exhibitions suggests that museums are no longer in the business of pageantry. In this second part of a series examining post-spectacle museums, architect Brad Cloepfil talks about the phenomenon of 'collecting' cultural architecture, and how his own museum designs aim both for spectacle and counterpoint with it.
'"Small Scale, Big Change" was a great show, because it wasn’t about museum architecture! It was all about specificity – architects who find their architecture in the nature of an institution, the scale of the city, local construction techniques.' Portland, Oregon-based architect Blad Cloepfil only has positive things to say about Andres Lepik’s exhibition at the Museum ...