dezeen (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Dezeenwire: Sunday Times architecture critic Hugh Pearman has posted his review of Bernard Tschumi’s new Acropolis Museum in Athens on his website - www.hughpearman.com
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
The bronzed original sculptures stand in contrast to the white reproductions of the part of the frieze now displayed in the British Museum. Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press From The New York Times: ATHENS — Not long before the new Acropolis Museum opened last weekend, the writer Christopher Hitchens hailed in this newspaper what he called the death of an argument. Britain used to say that...
CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Rest Day Enlarge image CrossFit Certification Seminars: Luke Air Force Base AZ, Bamberg Germany, CrossFit Montclair "Grace" by Keegan, CrossFit Kids - video [ wmv ] [ mov ] CrossFit Apex : Josh Wagner, 2009 CrossFit Games Qualifier - video [ wmv ] [ mov ] "The Pleasure of Architecture" by Bernard Tschumi, excerpted from Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture, Kate Nesbitt, Ed....
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Bernard Tschumi's state-of-the-art Acropolis Museum opened in Athens this week. Linda Yablonsky tours the ancient treasures and revisits the debate of how the Parthenon lost its marbles. The Acropolis Museum opened in Athens last weekend amid...
Latest News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
It wasn’t just the British establishment who didn’t make the opening of Bernard Tschumi’s New Acropolis Museum in Athens last weekend.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Michael Kimmelman: "So the new museum that Bernard Tschumi, the Swiss-born architect, has devised near the base of the Acropolis is a $200 million, 226,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art rebuttal to Britain's argument" that only the British Museum can take proper care of the Elgin Marbles. […] 'But Greek archaeology has always been a kind of fantasy,' Antonis Liakos, a leading Greek historian,...
BiblePlaces Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
The long-awaited New Acropolis Museum in Athens opened this weekend after years of delay. The Greeks say they didn’t “build it for the British,” but they intend it to be a strong argument for the return of the Elgin Marbles . From the New York Times : The museum, which cost $200 million and sits near the base of the Acropolis with a direct view of the Parthenon, is one of the highest-profile...
Land+Living (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
The new Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece desiged by Bernard Tschumi has finally been unveiled. [Photo gallery] (via Financial Times)
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
ATHENS, GREECE.- The new Acropolis Museum opened today. It is located 300 meters from the famous ruins, and cost $181 million to build. Today, the new Acropolis Museum has a total area of 25,000 square meters, with exhibition space of over 14,000 square meters , ten times more than that of the old museum on the Hill of the Acropolis. The new Museum offers all the amenities expected in an international...
dezeen (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
Dezeenwire: the New Acropolis Museum designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects has opened in Athens, with the Greek president Karolos Papoulias calling on Britainto return sculptures from the Parthenon held at the British Museum. BBC News Related: New Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi (Dezeen)
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
It has taken four architecture competitions and 33 years for the Greeks to settle on a design for the New Acropolis Museum and build the thing. The winning vision -- that of New York architect Bernard Tschumi -- boasts balcony views of the Parthenon and a glass floor that reveals archeological remains underfoot. This museum has a grander purpose: winning back the Elgin Marbles, a set of sculptures...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
The opening ceremony for the long-awaited Acropolis Museum in Athens is to be held Saturday evening. The modern concrete and glass building designed by US-based architect, Bernard Tschumi, is located at the foot of the ancient Acropolis, in the heart of Athens' historical district. As many dignitaries from all over the world are expected to arrive for the ceremony, the Greek authorities have sealed...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
After a long wait, this masterpiece designed by Bernard Tschumi is finally opening this coming week. NYT
BBC NEWS | Razia Iqbal blog (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Is there is a difference between the ownership of culture and the ownership of particular artefacts? I have been mulling this over while thinking about the significance of the opening of the new Acropolis museum in Athens on Saturday. The structure is Greece's answer to the British argument that there is nowhere in their country to house the Elgin marbles, the sculptures taken from the Parthenon's...
Swisster (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
The Swiss architect who designed Athens' New Acropolis Museum, officially opening on Saturday, is supporting Greek calls for the return of ancient marble sculptures taken from the site and held by the British Museum. Bernard Tschumi, a native of Lausanne, designed the 177-million-dollar building that stands 240 metres away from the Parthenon. The three-story, 21,000-square-metre museum is designed...
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