Building's Functions in the 20th & 21st Century - Tapa blanda

The world's museums are not only storehouses of great paintings and sculptures, but they are artworks in themselves. Here is a survey of these magnificent structures from the graciousness of the Renaissance and the imposing buildings of Neoclassical and Beaux-arts styles to the striking and innovative museums of today.This Book is separated into two main sectors. The first is the theoretical part, it discusses the basic design concerns of museum buildings. The second is a study of the masterpieces of museum architecture around the world from the graciousness of the Renaissance to the twentieth century's innovations. The critical essay is supported by different examples that provide a wide general base of museum buildings. The paper also discusses the most important trends in modern architecture in the 21st Century and, at the same time documents increasingly intensive exchanges on an international level, portraying outstanding, future-oriented museum buildings and projects from 2000 to 2010.