| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1988-1995 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Richard Meier & Partners | en_US |
| dc.date | 1987-1995 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-16T18:26:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-16T18:26:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987-1995 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 233857 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2596 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/141284 | |
| dc.description | Detail, south facade, glass curtain wall with brise soleil; In 1987, the MACBA Foundation was created; they commissioned Meier to design the building in 1988 despite not having a collection at that point. Meier embraced the difficult task of creating a building that would ultimately display a variety of contemporary artworks that were unknown to him at the time of design. The choice to build the museum in the Plaça dels Ángels is consistent with Meier’s vision to situate the building amongst some of Barcelona’s oldest streets and buildings, in addition to revamping the public space of the Raval, blocks away from the Gothic center of town. The collections focus on post-1945 Catalan and Spanish art, although some International artists are also represented. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/29/2012) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | glass; steel; white tile; precast concrete | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Art museums | en_US |
| dc.subject | City planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | urban renewal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-MR-MACBA-A2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Spanish Catalan | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | art museum | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Richard Meier & Partners (American architectural firm, founded 1983) | en_US |
