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Berkeley Art Museum selects architects for new home
The Berkeley Art Museum-Pacific Film Archive has chosen New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design its new building in downtown Berkeley. The announcement follows a nationwide search which saw ten architecture firms considered for the project.
DS+R is tasked with transforming the former University of California printing plant at Center and Oxford streets in downtown Berkeley for BAM/PFA, after the museum decided to abandon plans to create a building from scratch. In 2006, the … Continue reading »
Berkeley Art Museum seeks architect, again
Following its decision to move into the former University of California printing plant at Center and Oxford streets in downtown Berkeley (pictured top right), the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is looking for an architecture firm to revamp the space for them.
According to John King in today’s Chronicle, ten architectural firms have submitted initial proposals and the museum hopes to narrow the list to three and name its designer in June.
What might have been
The city of Berkeley traditionally has acted as though its downtown bore no relation to UC, despite their shared border. The university repaid the favor by treating downtown like a back alley, necessary but of little note.
Read John King in today’s Chronicle on the city’s loss of a Toyo Ito-designed art museum.
UC drops plans for Toyo Ito-designed museum
UC Berkeley has abandoned its plan to construct a new $143m Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown designed by “starchitect” Toyo Ito.
Read the full story in today’s Chronicle.
[Photo: Photo: Kuramochi / Jeanne Collins & Assoc.]
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