The New Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, opened in New York on the weekend.
These photos are all copyright © Dean Kaufman.
More information on this project in our earlier story.
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
December 4th, 2007
24 Responses to “New Museum by SANAA opens in New York”
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December 4th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I like!
December 4th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Can’t wait to see the cleaning bill for the exterior! White building in the city? Good luck.
December 4th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
como objeto es bonito, en relacion con la ciudad no me gusta
December 4th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
I’m not feeling the interior, the exterior however is amazing
December 4th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Love the toilet
December 4th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
I’m in love with a building.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
The building is not white. The facade is comprised of two layers of metal, the topmost being somewhat more reflective. The building actually reads more silver in person… And it’s one of the best structures to go up in lower Manhattan in ages.
December 5th, 2007 at 3:33 am
Definitely the most flattering photos I’ve seen of the building so far. Generally I’m not a fan of the overly antiseptic interiors that seem to be incorrectly scaled with their purpose of displaying a constantly changing variety of art. For a $50 million budget I expected a bit more in the area of fine details.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
The bathrooms are a great contrast with the exterior, love the more playfulness of them in relation to the stern look of most of the building.
Other than that: this is probably one of the few buildings that can wear a huge “hell yeah” sign and pull it off…
December 5th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Hell yeah! She’s a stern looking building alright.
December 6th, 2007 at 6:36 am
so that sign does say ‘hell yes’?……whats the reasoning behind that?….just curious
December 6th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
It’s a work by Ugo Rondinone. It’s guessing what the actual meaning in relation to the opening is (maybe a “hell yes, we spent an insane amount of money but we actually got something good”), but this is what the curator says about it:
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/18
December 6th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
A very inspirational design and very original.
December 6th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
For information on the “hell yes!” sign:
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/18
December 7th, 2007 at 12:02 am
If a comment in a batch that you are about to post is redundant, why do you still post it?
December 7th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Hey Guys, the sign is by this swiss artist Ugo Rondione. I think the “Hell Yeah” is just about the opening of the museum and the fact that they took such a long time and such a great effort to get it open. Don’t trust me though, they have an explanation right here.
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/18
December 9th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
looks like my fridge…
December 10th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
so simple!!
January 10th, 2008 at 4:04 am
January 25th, 2008 at 12:30 am
i like the facade a lot!!
the interiors not at all but in general
we have a very simple build
– less is more–
Mies Van der Rohe
February 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
the place to be in new york. great!
February 14th, 2008 at 1:42 am
La obra se me hacer tan puro, dentro del todo ese entorno completamente contaminante, I like is great, is aaaaa
February 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
HELL NO !!!!!! It looks like a giant cheese grater and it is (cheese being slang for money)……I live across the street and it’s sad to watch the bums and addicts line up for a bed or the soup kitchen at the Bowery Mission while people stumble over them to see art….I read the city and state of N.Y. contributed 7.4 million to this ugly 84 million dollar building…….help the neighborhood by giving artists that have lived here money to not move !!!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
right across the street cheungvogl designed a beautiful residential/office.
it seems like ny waited for sanaa, tokyo and cheungvogl, hong kong, herzog de meuron, swiss to give the city the architecture it deserves….
http://cheungvogl.com/alexander_house_ny.htm