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Architectural Competition for the Extension of the Kunsthaus Zürich OpensThe Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the Stiftung Zürcher Kunsthaus and the City of Zurich announce an international architectural competition for the Kunsthaus extension.
Architects are invited to apply for the pre-qualification round as of today.
Design work will begin in April, and the winning submission is to be chosen by the end of 2008.
The extension will provide the Kunsthaus Zürich with a showcase for new offerings.
As such, it must meet four key requirements.
First, it must house new galleries with re-configurable suites of rooms that are flexible in function and appropriate for the display of new media, prints, drawings and photography.
Second, it must also contain more classically designed galleries for the Bührle Collection, the basis of the museum's new focus on French painting, as well as accommodating examples of 19th-century art and classical modernism.
Third, it must provide the setting for medium-sized exhibitions, staged without affecting the permanent collection.
Fourth, the foyer must allow visitors to engage in a direct encounter with art as soon as they enter the building, while at the same time symbolising the museum's greater and more welcoming openness.
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