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Whether a museum is pursuing an acquisitions policy to expand its collections or simply to bring emergency exits up to code, extensions provide a unique opportunity for architects to create meaningful structures that are not secondary. For those who enjoy an afternoon at a museum, these projects show how expansions can offer more than mere square foot transient spatial experiences.<\/p>\n

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St\u00e4del Museum Extension<\/a><\/b>by schneider+schumacher \/ Frankfurt – Vienna – Tianjin<\/a>, Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n

Just over 32,000 square feet, the Extension to the St\u00e4del Museum in Frankfurt takes up the garden of the original museum built in 1878. The view of the exterior highlights a gradient grid of skylights in a grass field where visitors can walk atop the part of the addition located entirely underground.<\/p>\n

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Brandhorst Museum<\/b><\/a> by Sauerbruch Hutton Architeckten<\/a>, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s technically a standalone museum, the Brandhorst Museum is adjacent to a number of other modern and contemporary art museums in Munich\u2019s kunstareal<\/i>. The building consists of three interconnecting volumes distinguished by claddings of different colors: a multicolored fa\u00e7ade composed of one layer of 36,000 ceramic rods in an assortment of 23 custom colors glazed in a family of eight colors and a second layer of horizontally folded metal skin coated in two colors.<\/p>\n

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Jewish Museum Berlin<\/a><\/b> by Studio Libeskind<\/a>, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

The extension of the Jewish Museum Berlin intended to express feelings of absence, emptiness, and invisibility \u2014 expressions of disappearance of the Jewish culture. As there is no exterior entrance to the building, visitors must enter the new museum extension from the original museum in an underground corridor, enduring a temporary loss of direction before coming to a crossroads of three different routes.<\/p>\n

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Museum of Historical Marksmanship<\/b><\/a> by Gn\u00e4dinger Architekten<\/a>, Duderstadt, Germany<\/p>\n

Originally an abandoned half-timbered house, the Museum of Historical Marksmanship was constructed in the tower next to the historical town hall. A tinsmith crafted the expressive golden copper metal panels that cover the fa\u00e7ade of the new triangular wing.<\/p>\n

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Military History Museum<\/b><\/a> by <\/span>Studio Libeskind<\/a>, Dresden, Germany<\/p>\n

The extension to Dresden\u2019s Military History Museum is described as \u201ca bold interruption, a fundamental dislocation\u201d that penetrates \u201cthe historic arsenal.\u201d The massive five-story, 200-ton wedge of concrete and steel slices through the center of the 135-year-old original structure.<\/p>\n

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Lenbachhaus Museum<\/b><\/a> by Foster + Partners<\/a>, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/p>\n

Accompanying the restoration of the historic buildings of the Lenbachhaus Museum, the new wing replaces a 1972 extension that was removed to reveal the wall of the original villa. Clad in copper and aluminum tubes, the color and form complements the villa\u2019s rich ochre hue and textured fa\u00e7ades.<\/p>\n

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Filmmuseum Frankfurt<\/b><\/a> by Blocher Blocher Partners<\/a>, Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n

In order to create more room to celebrate and exhibit film, the partially new ceiling constructions allow spacious interior solutions including the extensive foyer with the planned media library, shop, and caf\u00e9. The new glass entrance \u2014 a \u201cwindow to the city\u201d \u2014 connects the existing structure to the new floors and opens up to a view over the Main River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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