KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
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KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg in Aalborg
, Denmark
, was built between 1968-72 after designs by Elissa
and Alvar Aalto
and Jean-Jacques Baruël.
Located near parkland and woodlands, the building has been designed in response to its natural context, with a ziggurat shape. It extends over 6,000 square metres, with galleries organised around a central hall. The external walls and most of the pavement are of Carrara
marble. The building materials have light colours to emphasize the art works.
The outdoor areas include a sculpture park, amphitheatre and terrace. Some of the sculptures exhibited are by Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, Willy Ørskov, Lene Adler Petersen and Mogens Møller.
Aalborg
-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, was built between 1968-72 after designs by Elissa
Elissa Aalto
Elissa Aalto , born Elsa Kaisa Mäkiniemi, was a Finnish architect and author. She was the widow of famed architect Alvar Aalto, who died in 1976. Along with her husband and Harald Deilmann, she helped design the opera house in Essen, Germany...
and Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
and Jean-Jacques Baruël.
Located near parkland and woodlands, the building has been designed in response to its natural context, with a ziggurat shape. It extends over 6,000 square metres, with galleries organised around a central hall. The external walls and most of the pavement are of Carrara
Carrara
Carrara is a city and comune in the province of Massa-Carrara , notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence....
marble. The building materials have light colours to emphasize the art works.
The outdoor areas include a sculpture park, amphitheatre and terrace. Some of the sculptures exhibited are by Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, Willy Ørskov, Lene Adler Petersen and Mogens Møller.