Walker Art Center
March 30, 2006
The Walker Art Center recently opened its expanded space, which includes a
new theater, a new restaurant, and more galleries, but is best known for being
Herzog & de Meuronís first public building in the United States. The project
drew national coverage from media including The New York Times. Expanding the
Center caters to and piques public interest in the building with a generous
selection of images, including sketches, renderings, and photographs of the
construction process and the completed work. Herzog & de Meuronís shimmering
but grounded design mirrors the textures and shades of the Walkerís original
space, and an institutional philosophy based in innovation and risk-taking, the
exploration of alternative approaches to learning, the experimental use of
technologies to communicate information, and the design of spaces to enhance a
variety of museum experiences. The book is organized around the decisions and
actions of the architects, builders, Walker staff and the audience--i.e.
designing, constructing, unveiling, staging, gathering, patterning, framing,
collecting--and highlights the thinking that led to the visible form of the
Center as well as the innovative projects and initiatives that give it its
inimitable character.
256 p., 24x16 cm
