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...picture. We're not talking origami here. In the late 1990s, when MOMA was in the first stages of a major expansion, the late Kirk Varnedoe, then chief curator of painting and sculpture, made a point of consulting with architect Yoshio Taniguchi to make sure that the museum's new second floor would be strong enough to hold the tonnage of the typical late Serra work. He did that because by those years it was obvious that the time was coming soon for a very big Serra show. And that was because Serra, whose work had once seemed as severe...
...Many conservative Japanese politicians and policy experts express dismay over what they perceive to be China's cynical harboring of historical grievances for political gain. They claim that despite the mild thaw last week, China is, by its own choice, virtually unappeasable. Tomohiko Taniguchi, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., says, "You're looking at a neighbor who doesn't want to accept any apology." Despite Koizumi's words of contrition last weekend (which, according to some counts, would mark the 22nd time Japan has apologized) and the $35 billion of foreign aid Japan has given...
...land where the Dorset Hotel used to stand, Taniguchi has built six floors of galleries with an atrium in the middle to provide both light and easy navigation. On the existing floor space, he has retained and expanded the much-beloved sculpture garden, but encased it in glass, he says, "like one would a precious object." It still serves as the museum's beating heart and the centerpiece of the entire block?Taniguchi compares the museum to New York itself, calling the sculpture garden MOMA's own Central Park. Thereafter, he says, the interplay of spaces involved attempting to "connect...
...renovation might be blandly understated has fallen away. Nicolai Ouroussoff of the New York Times declared the redesign "one of the most exquisite works of architecture to rise in this city in at least a generation." Robert Ivy, editor in chief of Architectural Record and an ardent fan of Taniguchi's work in Japan, says the redesign proves "there's very much a place for buildings that are refined, that fit within their place, that offer quietness and repose, finesse and delight. This building will engage another generation of museumgoers, but it is not meant to shout...
...While Taniguchi has just been selected to design a $30 million museum in Houston, he has no intention of abandoning his standard practice of spurning competitions and accepting only a handful of commissions. "I like to be involved with each project as much as possible," he says. "I can only do a few buildings at a time." For now, his main focus is back in Japan where he's designing a new home for the Tokyo Club and creating a new gallery at the Kyoto National Museum. "After I won the [MOMA] competition, I got lots of offers," he says...