Comments on: Grand Rapids Art Museum: LEED Gold Certified / wHY Architecture

By: AD Round Up: Museums Part I - Style of Design

AD Round Up: Museums Part I - Style of Design — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:22:58 +0000

[...] Grand Rapids Art Museum: LEED Gold Certified The new Grand Rapids Art Museum, by wHY Architecture, occupies one city block right in the heart of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The new museum has 125,000 SF of floor area with more than 50,000 SF of gallery and art exhibition spaces. The new building is located adjacent to the park with sculpture “Ecliptic” by Maya Lin, forming an urban oasis surrounded by tall buildings. The design stresses both the symbolic need of a museum to be a civic icon within the city, plus fulfilling humanistic needs for people to have their own experience with art (read more…) [...]

By: The Grand Rapids Art Museum | StyleCrave | Men's lifestyle magazine

The Grand Rapids Art Museum | StyleCrave | Men's lifestyle magazine — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:30:20 +0000

[...] the museum building comes up to life at night when the lights peacefully fall onto the walls. [via ArchDaily] .gallery { margin: auto; } .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; [...]

By: Photo-Manipulating an Image Into a Realistic Night Scene - PSDTUTS

Photo-Manipulating an Image Into a Realistic Night Scene - PSDTUTS — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:49:13 +0000

[...] preference only one), clear and clean, and a good high-resolution image. I’m going to use an image From this article at the Arch Daily Blog. I picked this image. If you’re sure about your image and you think you [...]

By: Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Grand Rapids Art Museum - LEED Gold

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:55:09 +0000

[...] courtyards, indigenous plants and trees beckon visitors to expand their cultural experience. Via: Arch Daily Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]