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Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum Modern Art, New YorkMarch 20 through June 20, 2004. This exhibition was organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Curators: Matilda McQuaid with Bevin Cline
Coordinating Curator: Chrysanthe B. Broikos
Exhibition Design: MaryJane Valade with Chrysanthe Broikos. The National Building Museum's presentation of Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from The Museum of Modern Art, New York is made possible by
Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Karl Konze, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The featured drawings, by more than 60 architects-includi ng Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Aldo Rossi, Rem Koolhas and Zaha Hadid-have been integral to the development of modern architecture over the last 100 years. They are also striking achievements of the hand and eye.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has been collecting architectural drawings for 70 years, acquiring nearly 1,000 drawings by the most eminent architects of the 20th century, in addition to the 18,000 that form the core of its Mies van der Rohe Archive. This exhibition, which features the work of more than 60 architects, represents the breadth and variety of the past 100 years of architecture and highlights the artistry of this extraordinary collection. Ranging from visions of cities both real and imagined to i
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