Figge Art Museum
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 | Figge Art Museum |
| Designer | David Chipperfield Architects, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Davenport, Iowa, USA |
| Date | 2005 |
| Building Type | museum |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Replacement for the original Davenport Museum of Art. |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Davenport Museum of Art |
| Cost | $48.5 Million US |
| Area | 100,000 square feet (9300 square meters) |
| Site | 2.2 acres (0.9 hectares) |
| Program | museum |
Project Team
- Architect: David Chipperfield Architects, London, England, United Kingdom
- Johannes Baumstark, Franz Borho, David Chipperfield, Jochen Glemser, Isabelle Heide, Victoria Jessen-Pike, Reto Liechti, Laurent Masmonteil, Viola Simoncioni, Jennifer Singer, Hau Ming Tse, Patrick Uberbacher, Reiko Yamasaki
- Architect of Record: Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture (HLKB), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Principles in Charge: Cal Lewis, FAIA & Kirk Blunck, FAIA
- Project Manager: Doug Frey, AIA
- Project Architect: Jill Anderson, AIA & Cheung Chan, AIA
- Specifications Writer: Mark Schmidt, AIA CSI CCS
- Project Designer: Tom Hilton, AIA, Jonathan Sloan, AIA, LEED AP, Tom Trapp, Evan Shaw, Jeff Wagner, Greg Smith, Carey Nagle
- Landscape Architect: Zach Heitzman
- Structural Engineer: Jane Wernick Associates www.wernick.eu.com
- Structural Engineer: Charles A. Saul Engineering www.csengr.com (Structural Engineer of Record)
- Services Engineer: Arup www.arup.com
- Construction Manager: Russell/Pepper Joint Venture
- Models: Matthew Marchbank of David Chipperfield Architects
Products Used in Building
Structural System
- Concrete: Treiber Construction Company www.treiberconstruction.com
Exterior Cladding Metal/glass curtainwall: Custom, Design by W.J. Higgins & Associates, www.wjhiggins.com; Contractor: Architectural Wall Systems
Glazing
- Glass: Old Castle Glass www.oldcastle.com
- Skylights: Unicel Architectural www.visioncontrol.qc.ca
- Insulated-panel or plastic glazing: Old Castle Glass www.oldcastle.com
Doors
- Metal doors: Curries Contractor www.curries.com: Doors Inc, Davenport
- Upswinging doors, other: Schweiss Bi-Fold Doors www.bifold.com
Interior finishes
- Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Calmar Manufacturing Co. www.calmar.com
- Paints and stains: Iowa Paint www.iowapaint.com, no stain on wood floor, finished with OSMO Color Hardwax Oil www.osmouk.com
- Wood floor: Bembé Parkett www.bembe.de
- Carpet: Bentley Prince Street www.bentleyprincestreet.com
Furnishings
- Office furniture: Knoll www.knoll.com
- Fixed seating: Poltrona Frau www.poltronafrau.it
Lighting
- Downlights: Erco www.erco.com
- Task lighting: Erco www.erco.com
- Controls: Lutron www.lutron.com
Conveyance
- Elevator: Kone www.kone.com
Related Content from Wikipedia
Figge Art Museum
The AIA award-winning Figge Art Museum opened in Davenport, Iowa on August 6, 2005, and is the re-named successor to the Davenport Museum of Art, which was opened on October 10, 1925, as the first municipal art gallery in the United States. The new building was designed by Stirling Prize winning Modernist British architect David Chipperfield. The Figge Art Museum gets its name from the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Foundation, which donated $13.25 million towards its $48.5 million construction.http://www.figgeartmuseum.org/sitedefault.aspx?PageID=54 The Figge family, a local banking family of Swiss origin, has a long tradition of philanthropy and cultural enrichment.
The first pieces of its collections were donated by Davenport community leader Charles Ficke (1850-1931), a successful lawyer and former mayor, who collected art from around the world. Robert E. Harsche, then Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, reported that to his knowledge no American public art gallery had "started out with so large a number of important paintings as a nucleus."
Art Collection
The museum has over 4,000 works of art and is best known for its extensive collection of Haitian, Colonial Mexican and Midwestern art, particularly pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, Marvin Cone and Grant Wood, including the only self-portrait Wood ever painted. In 1990, Grant Wood's estate, which included his personal effects and various works of art, became the property of the Figge Art Museum through his sister Nan Wood Graham, the woman portrayed in American Gothic.
The institution also houses a substantial American collection (including works by Albert Bierstadt, James McNeill Whistler, William Merritt Chase, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns), European art (including work by artists such as Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, Francisco Goya, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre-Auguste Renoir), and works from East Asia (with pieces by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kunisada). As owners of Grant Wood's estate, the museum is also home of the Grant Wood Archives, and received substantial support from the The Henry Luce Foundation for the conservation of these archives.
Its inaugural exhibition, "The Great American Thing: 1915-1935" opened September 17, 2005, and featured major works from early American Modernists.
The museum is 115,000 square feet (10,683 m²) and is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Executive Directors
- Dr Sean O'Harrow (formerly of Cambridge University), 2007-
- Mr Thomas Gildehaus (interim director, chairman of the Board) 2006-2007
- Ms Linda Banks Downs (formerly of the National Gallery of Art), 2003-2006. Downs is currently Executive Director of the College Art Association.
References
External links
- figgeartmuseum.org Official website
- Quad City Times articles about the Figge Art Museum
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References
External Links
Art Urbane at ArchitectureWeek
