Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (Barcelona, Spain) : Raking view of south façade, looking east at irregular shaped bump-out cantilevered over side entrance
- Creator:
- Richard Meier & Partners, founded 1983
- Published/Created:
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Plaça dels Àngels 1, in El Raval, Ciutat Vella
1988-1995 - Physical Description:
- 35 m (width) x 120 m (length)
- Date Depicted:
- 6/2/2010
- Materials:
- glass; steel; white tile; precast concrete
- Notes:
- 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.
- Variant Titles:
- Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Spain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- Catalan
Spanish - Accession Number:
- 1A1-MR-MACBA-A4
- Coordinates:
- +41.383333+2.166944
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings: museums (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums; City planning; urban renewal
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Seven
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/2/2010 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4349
- OID:
- 10468223
- PID:
- digcoll:1799836