Most beautiful and outstanding architecture: Milwaukee Art Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, or The Guggenheim? (best, map)
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Which of these awesome buildings is your favorite?
Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI):
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, CA):
Guggemheim (New York, NY):
All of these buildings are great but what is striking is that how much modern architecture often ignores the history, landscape and traditions of the existing city it is built in. IMHO, while both the Guggenheim and the Disney Concert Hall are great and interesting buildings --- neither of them say necessarily New York or LA to me.
The Milwaukee Art Museum however, pays attention to its site on Lake Michigan with a design that resembles the front of a ship or the wings of a bird. Very beautiful building.
Milwaukee Art Museum all day. As much as I'm a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright (he's from WI after all), the Guggenheim looks totally out of place with NYC as its backdrop, while the Disney Concert Hall is just a straight up eyesore IMO.
1. Interior space of the Guggenheim is much much nicer than the other two and stands the test of time. Nearly 100 years later and its still a presence in the city and an unmatched space.
2. Exterior The Walt Disney Concert Hall is just not that attractive to me. The real breakthrough was in the engineering and technology used to create it - this is somewhat true for Milwaukee Art Museum as well. Milwaukee and all Santiago Calatrava's works are fantastic but are bridge like in nature and it really doesn't incorporate the ground any more than the others. There is no green space in these buildings. Guggenheim NY and Milwaukee Art Museum would tie in this category.
Overall that leaves me with the winner being the Guggenheim NY because the interior of the Milwaukee Art Museum is a bit lacking in functionality. Form did not follow function in Milwaukee or really Los Angeles either. The form was dictated to put the building on the map and then sorta make the interior as best they could.
On a side note I think the poll itself should specify Guggenheim NY because there are many Guggenheim Musems. I've personally been to two of them.
1. Interior space of the Guggenheim is much much nicer than the other two and stands the test of time. Nearly 100 years later and its still a presence in the city and an unmatched space.
2. Exterior The Walt Disney Concert Hall is just not that attractive to me. The real breakthrough was in the engineering and technology used to create it - this is somewhat true for Milwaukee Art Museum as well. Milwaukee and all Santiago Calatrava's works are fantastic but are bridge like in nature and it really doesn't incorporate the ground any more than the others. There is no green space in these buildings. Guggenheim NY and Milwaukee Art Museum would tie in this category.
Overall that leaves me with the winner being the Guggenheim NY because the interior of the Milwaukee Art Museum is a bit lacking in functionality. Form did not follow function in Milwaukee or really Los Angeles either. The form was dictated to put the building on the map and then sorta make the interior as best they could.
On a side note I think the poll itself should specify Guggenheim NY because there are many Guggenheim Musems. I've personally been to two of them.
Have you ever even been to the Milwaukee Art Museum, because I'm guessing you haven't? How exactly is it lacking in functionality? Calatrava's addition is called the Quadracci Pavilion, and performs the function of a pavilion. People can rent it out for special events like weddings and corporate parties. It's also a pedestrian bridge connecting Downtown Milwaukee to the Lakefront, it performs the very functions it was designed to.
It just doesn't compare on the interior to the Guggenheim in my opinion... at all. And you just posted yet another exterior shot. Show some of those interior shots something with artwork and how its displayed inside.
It just doesn't compare on the interior to the Guggenheim in my opinion... at all. And you just posted yet another exterior shot. Show some of those interior shots something with artwork and how its displayed inside.
I just finished explaining that the pavilion primarily serves as a pedestrian bridge and event hall. The only permanent piece on display is a large, colorful blown glass structure in the lobby near the main entrance. It was never intended to be solely used as exhibition space.
Milwaukee Art Museum on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagogeek/4480919858/ - broken link)
Last edited by EastSideMKE; 06-10-2010 at 12:24 PM..
Reason: clarity
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