The First Post (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Two weeks ago, at the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, due to open early next year, the Presidents of Italy and Greece took part in an historic ceremony…
Dexigner Design Portal (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Travel + Leisure's 2009 Design Award winners will be chosen by a remarkable group of design experts.
ARLT Weblog (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I wonder how pagan they are. Do they hold regular sacrifices, for instance. Still, they managed a newsworthy protest. from the Guardian Thrusting their arms skywards and chanting Orphic hymns, Greek pagans yesterday made a comeback at the Acropolis as they added their voices to protests against the imminent inauguration of the New Acropolis Museum. Ignoring a sudden rainstorm and [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
In this interview, Bernard Tschumi makes it very clear that he believes that the Elgin Marbles will return to Athens, stating that the return will make sense to everyone once they see the facilities created within the New Acropolis Museum. From: Wallpaper Bernard Tschumi Q&A exclusive Architecture 8 August 2008 After nearly 30 years of planning, and eight years since the [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
When the New Acropolis Museum was being designed, the artefacts within it were considered as the factor that would define its eventual form. In this respect, the building is an anti-Bilbao - the form of the building is generated from the function, rater than a form being defined with the function them examined to see [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
The New Acropolis Museum in Athens is due to open imminently. Unfortunately though, there is still no sign of its star exhibits being there for the opening. From: Guardian Acropolis now Athens’s new museum is spectacular, even without its star exhibits. Kevin Rushby gets a sneak preview Kevin Rushby, The Guardian, Saturday July 26 2008 Walking through bright sunshine and crowds [...]
Elginism (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
After much speculation & various conflicting reports, it now appears in the New Acropolis Museum, the copies of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures will be displayed with a whiter colour than the authentic sculptures that they sit amongst. There is a certain irony in this of course, harking back to the cleaning controversy of the [...]
ABC News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
New museum to open in Athens hopes to reclaim famed Elgin marbles from Britain.
loud paper (Free subscription) | 13/02/2008
Wow by Studio Luz I’ve been slogging through back-to-back deadlines (a whole range of fun stuff: spray on clothing, productive buildings, sci-fi cabins), so I’ve been a little late in discovering the last round of projects online. I am happy...
Elginism (Free subscription) | 22/01/2008
New Acropolis Museum designer Bernard Tschumi is giving a talk at the Royal College of Art in London on the crossover between Architecture & Film - a them the he has developed in many of his buildings. From: Royal College of Art Double Take Architecture Talk Series of talks looking at the crossover between architecture and film. John Maybury [...]
Yanko Design (Free subscription) | 09/11/2007
How drab the city streets can be with the monotone colored buildings and not much blue sky to be seen. However, after two and a half years of planning, design and construction, the Big Apple can now see blue, thanks to architect Bernard Tschumi’s Blue residential tower located on the Lower East Side. Designed with an [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/11/2007
Bin Laden speaks; Return the marbles; Doing the right thing
Looking Around (Free subscription) | 28/10/2007
New Acropolis Museum/Bernard Tschumi -- Images: Courtesy New Acropolis Museum I got a preview a few days ago of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. Any building has to accomodate its site, and for some the site can be a very delicate matter. (You've heard of the World Trade Center, no?) But I can't think of another building where the site has dictated the design as much as this one, and where the...
Al Jazeera (Free subscription) | 14/10/2007
Greek government starts moving ancient sculptures of Acropolis to a new museum.
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
Greek authorities held a dress rehearsal for the relocation of hundreds of statues and friezes from the Acropolis to a sprawling new museum.
