Tod Williams Billie Tsien – American Folk Art Museum (5)

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I chose this building 1: because I very much enjoy art museums, 2: because after looking at pictures, the building itself is a work of art. People would come just to look at this building even if it wasn’t a museum. It is an 8 story tall building with 2 floors added on underneath that sits on 53rd street in New York City. It was voted best building in the world in 2001, for obvious reasons once you read about all the details put into this building. In my opinion, the concrete walls with the wooden floors give it a very modern vibe even though it was built also 20 years ago. This proves that natural-looking materials and colors are timeless and classy, interesting enough to be beautiful on its own, but not distracting as to take attention from the various art exhibits you can find here at any given time. The most unique and interesting part of this building to me are the panels that move according to the light outside and flooding into the space.

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