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Much of this tension exists due to the building’s juxtaposition of modernist and brutalist elements.

In the gallery and with the building as a whole, Bo Bardi repeatedly prompts a powerful dialogue betw

Bo Bardi extended this discourse on art and politics into the main galleries, where for years a moder

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The MASP’s monumental aesthetic is the result of an ingenious engineering scheme whose structural cla

From the beginning, the project was rife with political overtones. Bo Bardi, who oversaw nearly every

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Mosaic murals that were commissioned by the federal government in the 1960s were a recognizable featu

Details that pay homage to the province can be spotted throughout the interior and exterior of the st

“The museum is a unique interplay of inside and outside, of placemaking and storytelling,” says Donna

The design seizes the perfect opportunity for Alberta’s provincial museum to respect and amplify the

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In the near future, a long walkway will be built opposite the Dune Art Museum, extending into the oce

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The building’s many skylights, each with a different orientation and size, provide natural lighting f

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The complex three-dimensional geometry of the Dune Art Museum’s concrete shell was shaped by hand by

Looking through different openings framed by the building, museum-goers can observe the ever-changing

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A series of cell-like contiguous spaces accommodate the Dune Art Museum’s rich and varied programs, w

The decision to create the art museum underneath the dunes surrounding it was born out of both the ar

Countless years of wind have pushed the beach’s sand into a dune along the shore several meters high,

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But the museum is also a place of openness to the contemporary world. To this end it recognizes Afric

Following the recent restructuring of the Congregation's sites, the problem of the conservation and e