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And of course, the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in NYC was once
Barney's department store, designed by Andree Putnam!
On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Paul Koenig wrote:
> Monterey Bay Aquarium adapted some industrial buildings.
> Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, CA was once Venice
> City Hall (thus beating politics into poetics).
> The Marylou and George Boone Gallery at the Huntington Library,...
> was a garage building.
> The old May Co. building at LACMA.
> The Gallery of Modern Art at the Tate Museum in London was once a
> power station.
>
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 4:26 PM, Heather Cochran wrote:
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>> I would love to hear from anyone who knows of a successful or
>> striking museum or cultural space in a building that once housed
>> something completely unrelated.
>>
>> For example, the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) in Long Beach
>> was created by the retrofit of a roller-rink. The MOCA's Geffen
>> Contemporary in Los Angeles is housed in a building which used to
>> be a hardware store and later, a police car garage.
>>
>> Surely, there are many others. Which do you think are the best
>> building "re-imagingings" out there?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Heather Cochran
>> Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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