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A glass building for glass.(Toledo Museum of Art )
The encyclopedic glass collections at the Toledo Museum of Art are known around the world, but for the last three years nearly all of the more than seven thousand glass objects--encompassing everything from tablewares and serving pieces to lighting devices and snuffboxes made from ancient times to the present--have been in storage awaiting reinstallation in a new building specifically designed for the display of glass. Appropriately called the Glass Pavilion, the new building opened on August 27, across the street from the main museum. Designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) of Tokyo, this highly innovative 76,000-square-foot building cost $27 million. Nearly all the walls are glass and none were designed to intersect at a 90-degree angle. The intricate process used to fashion the curved exterior and interior walls involved making the glass and shipping it to China where it was shaped to the exact dimensions specified by the architects. The segments were then returned to Toledo and installed by setting them into channels in the ceiling and floor. In addition to exhibition space, the building ...
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- Magazine article from: The Architectural Review Webb, Michael November 1, 2006 700+ words
...as the Glass Pavilion of the Toledo Museum of Art. Selections from one...by the president of the Libbey Glass Company. Now the city has lost its industrial...and restoring civic pride. The Toledo Museum set a lead in 1989 when it commissioned...
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- Newspaper article from: News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) January 6, 2007 700+ words
...Page and the rest of the staff at the Toledo Museum of Art were in last spring and summer...Edward Drummond Libbey founded the Toledo Museum of Art, it must have seemed appropriate...next spring," says Page. Since the Toledo Museum of Art opened in December 1901, it...
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- Magazine article from: New Criterion Naves, Mario December 1, 2002 700+ words
...Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art" as part of the Frick's permanent...Painting and Sculpture before 1900 at the Toledo Museum, have organized the exhibition with...A New Yorker could congratulate the Toledo Museum on a group of pictures worthy of the...
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- Magazine article from: Concrete Construction Reband, Pat June 1, 2005 700+ words
...exhibition space in two rented rooms, the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, has grown...According to the assistant director of the Toledo Museum of Art and project coordinator for...of reinforcing steel were used. The Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion is expected to...
- Toledo Museum shows what makes Rubens great. (Originated from Knight-Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Miro, Marsha February 7, 1994 700+ words
...TOLEDO, Ohio _ The red sign outside the Toledo Museum of Art reads ``The Age of Rubens...cellulite maiden in the show,'' said Toledo Museum of Art director David Steadman, referring...Saint Catherine'' owned by the Toledo Museum. Some authorities deem ``Saint Catherine...
- Toledo museum painting is stolen: Goya work on way to N.Y.C. exhibition.
- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) November 14, 2006 700+ words
...Spanish artist Goya, owned by the Toledo Museum of Art, was stolen while being delivered...Children with a Cart was acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art in 1959. It's part of a series...believed to be the first piece of art the Toledo museum has lost to theft in its 105-year...
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- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) September 26, 2007 700+ words
...made is a first-time venture for the Toledo Museum of Art. It's complemented by an...Libbey who led the founding of the Toledo museum. And the brown and white wing-tip...through January 13 in Gallery 18 at the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. Hours are...
- CHRYSLER'S TOLEDO ASSEMBLY PLANT EMPLOYEES EXHIBIT ARTWORK AT THE TOLEDO MUSEUM...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 17, 1994 700+ words
...Art Fair that will be hosted by The Toledo Museum of Art, August 20 through September...commemorating the exhibition. The Toledo Museum of Art is located at 2445 Monroe Street...576-8093, or Holly Taylor of The Toledo Museum of Art, 419-255-8000/ (C) CO...
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- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) October 19, 2006 700+ words
...poet Goethe, Mark Twain, and even Toledo Museum of Art founders Florence and Edward...exhibits that open tomorrow at the Toledo Museum of Art. Both are created by museum...open tomorrow in two galleries at the Toledo Museum of Art. The former exhibit continues...
- The art of generosity: Collectors and philanthropists David and Georgia Welles...
- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) March 19, 2006 700+ words
...successful $60 million campaign for the Toledo Museum of Art, which ended in 2002, was...been two people more dedicated to the Toledo Museum of Art and to the arts in our community...Georgia and David Welles," wrote Toledo museum director Don Bacigalupi in a letter...
Source: HighBeam Research, A glass building for glass.(Toledo Museum of Art )