Carré d'Art

exhibition building
library
Museum
museum of art

Foster & Associates (architecture)
Sir Norman Foster (architecture)

• France

  country

  Languedoc-Roussillon

  region

  Departement 30

  Département

  Nîmes

  city

  Place de la Maison-Carrée; Boulevard Victor Hugo

  street

period	description
1990–1993	planning and construction period

• exhibition building
• vacant lot
• library
• visual link
• roof terrace
• flat roof
• glass floor
• glass façade
• louvres
• media library
• Museum
• museum of art
• staircase
• sunscreening
• children's library
• concourse
  • 1. Preis, 1984

Projekt von Gehry

• 
  Frankreich 20. Jahrhundert | France 20th century
  B. Lemoine
  Birkhäuser Verlag; 2000
  - 3-7643-6222-7 (engl.)
  638 b/w illustrations, hardcover
  with dust jacket and bookmark.
  
• Architecture Méditerranéenne, 1989,32
  
• Building Design, 1984,714
  
• Bauwelt, 19/1993
  
• Casabella, 1989,557
  
• article in: Räume für Kunst, europäische Museumsarchitektur der neunziger Jahre
  1992
  page 16–17
  
• article in: Foster Associates, Recent Works
  A. Papadakes
  Academy Editions; 1992
  page 76–81
  
• article in: Neue Museen
  J. M. Montaner i Martorell
  1987
  page 40–43
  
• article in: db: Rund ums Buch, 5/1994
  page 70ff
  
• article in: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 1-2/1994
  page 12ff
  
• Foster a Nîmes: High-tech accanto alla Maison Carrée
  in: Casabella, 1985,512
  page 37
  
• Nîmes: dessous troublants
  in: Section a, 5-6/1985
  F. Chaslin
  page 29–33
  
• Nîmes: Concours pour la Médiathèque et le Centre d'Art contemporain, October 1984
  in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1984,236
  P. Goulet
  page 61–69
  
• Médiathèque Centre d'art contemporain, [Nîmes, France]
  in: Architecture intérieure créé, 1985,209
  
• Nimes: high tech et colonnes classiques
  in: Connaissance des arts, 1985,395
  P. Jodidio
  page 58–59
  
• Nîmes schemes: Designs for Médiatheque, Nîmes
  in: The Architectural Review, 1985,1059
  J. Glancey
  page 31–39
  
• Entwürfe für die Médiatheque in Nîmes
  in: Bauwelt, 1-2/1988
  J. Glancey
  page 25–28
  
• Médiathèque et Centre d'Art contemporain à Nîmes
  in: Techniques & Architecture, 1984,357
  A. Pélissier
  page 10–15
  
• article in: The Architectural Review, 1985,1059
  J. Glancey
  page 31–39
  

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