The Museum of modern Art, Gunma

London60 p.; bibl., illus.; 30 cm

Japan-ness in architecture

xx,349hlm.;bib.;indek

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Interior, exhibition galleries lit by the pyramidal skylights and internal lights; MOCA the organization was founded in 1979; today the museum is housed in three facilities, MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly the Temporary Contemporary) in Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles location is home to almost 5,000 artworks created since 1940. Its chief exhibition spaces are under the courtyard level, lit from above by groups of pyramidal skylights. The building was Isozaki's first project in the US. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/2/2013

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Street level plaza and fountain, part of a pedestrian garden walkway behind the building; MOCA the organization was founded in 1979; today the museum is housed in three facilities, MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly the Temporary Contemporary) in Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles location is home to almost 5,000 artworks created since 1940. Its chief exhibition spaces are under the courtyard level, lit from above by groups of pyramidal skylights. The building was Isozaki's first project in the US. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/2/2013

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Large southeast plaza courtyard with the sculpture "Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts" by Nancy Rubins; MOCA the organization was founded in 1979; today the museum is housed in three facilities, MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly the Temporary Contemporary) in Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles location is home to almost 5,000 artworks created since 1940. Its chief exhibition spaces are under the courtyard level, lit from above by groups of pyramidal skylights. The building was Isozaki's first project in the US. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/2/2013

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Overall view from South Grand Avenue, looking northeast; pyramidal skylights at right; MOCA the organization was founded in 1979; today the museum is housed in three facilities, MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly the Temporary Contemporary) in Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles location is home to almost 5,000 artworks created since 1940. Its chief exhibition spaces are under the courtyard level, lit from above by groups of pyramidal skylights. The building was Isozaki's first project in the US. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/2/2013

MOCA

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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Glass and metal canopy (not in original design) covering sunken courtyard; MOCA the organization was founded in 1979; today the museum is housed in three facilities, MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly the Temporary Contemporary) in Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles location is home to almost 5,000 artworks created since 1940. Its chief exhibition spaces are under the courtyard level, lit from above by groups of pyramidal skylights. The building was Isozaki's first project in the US. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/2/2013