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New Museum

The New Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum at 235 Bowery, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker.

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1977

New York City, New York City, United States

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New Museum gallery

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Museum in New York City

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Kazuyo Sejima

Born 1956 · Tokyo, Japan

Role: lead architect

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An architect whose work often pursues lightness, permeability, and subtle social choreography through pared-down forms.

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SANAA

bureau · Tokyo, Japan

Role: designer

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The collaborative office of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, known for quietly radical public buildings and highly refined domestic space.

SANAA: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

SANAA, Mohsen Mostafavi · 2006 · Actar

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lightness · museums · open plans

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