Museum der Kulturen Basel, Architects: Büro Herzog & de Meuron
(MKB)
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Lugano Arte e Cultura, Architects: Ivano Gianola and Müller BBM, Munich
(LAC, Studio Pagi)
LAC, Studio Pagi
Lugano Arte e Cultura, Architects: Ivano Gianola and Müller BBM, Munich
(LAC, Studio Pagi)
LAC, Studio Pagi
Lugano Arte e Cultura, Architects: Ivano Gianola and Müller BBM, Munich
(LAC, Studio Pagi)
LAC, Studio Pagi
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Architects: Büro Herzog & de Meuron
(Aargauer Kunsthaus/Georg Aerni)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Georg Aerni
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Architects: Büro Herzog & de Meuron
(Aargauer Kunsthaus/Georg Aerni)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Georg Aerni
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Architects: Büro Herzog & de Meuron
(Aargauer Kunsthaus/Georg Aerni)
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Georg Aerni
The renowned Basel Kunstmuseum opens a new exhibition building this month. The CHF100 million ($108 million) project adds additional space to display contemporary art. The three-storey concrete construction complements the existing museum dating back to 1936.
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Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
It is the latest in series of extensions of museums across Switzerland over the past few years. The Lugano Arte e Cultura centre, in the Italian-speaking part of the country, opened its doors last September and was praised for its striking architectural structure and includes a concert hall.
Other institutions in the towns of Aarau, Neuchâtel and Chur have extended or will expand their exhibition space, hoping to provide conditions to display their growing collections. The additions have often been designed by famous architects.
The renovations and extensions come despite public spending cuts and often rely on private sponsors.
The venues seek to attract future generations of art and architectural fans and play a key role in the social and economic transformation of the public space at a local level.
(Picture editor: Thomas Kern, Text: Urs Geiser)
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