Neue Staatsgalerie

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New State Gallery, Stuttgart, Ger., by James Stirling and Michael Wilford, 1977–84

Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, designed by Sir James Stirling, featuring tan stone walls, a slanted green-framed glass window, and colorful blue and pink railings.

Neue Staatsgalerie

gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

Also known as: New State Art Gallery, New State Gallery

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Sir James Stirling
His New State Gallery, or Neue Staatsgalerie (1977–84), in Stuttgart, Germany, a combination of classicism and geometric abstraction, is considered by many to be his finest achievement. Among his other works are a building for the Fogg Art Museum (1979–84) and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum…
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His New State Gallery, or Neue Staatsgalerie (1977–84), in Stuttgart, Germany, a combination of classicism and geometric abstraction, is considered by many to be his finest achievement. Among his other works are a building for the Fogg Art Museum (1979–84) and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum…
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Staatsgalerie
…1984 a second building, the Neue Staatsgalerie, designed in a postmodern style by British architect James Stirling, was completed. The Alte Staatsgalerie building was further extended with an addition by the Swiss architects Wilfrid and Katharina Steib (completed 2002). This extension enabled the return of the department of prints, drawings,…
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…1984 a second building, the Neue Staatsgalerie, designed in a postmodern style by British architect James Stirling, was completed. The Alte Staatsgalerie building was further extended with an addition by the Swiss architects Wilfrid and Katharina Steib (completed 2002). This extension enabled the return of the department of prints, drawings,…
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Stuttgart
…a noteworthy postmodernist addition, the New State Gallery, designed by James Stirling and inaugurated in 1984), archives, library, observatory, opera, and ballet and the Wilhelma Botanical and Zoological Gardens. The Mercedes-Benz Museum is in the suburb of Untertürkheim, and the Porsche Museum is in the suburb of Zuffenhausen. The suburbs…
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…a noteworthy postmodernist addition, the New State Gallery, designed by James Stirling and inaugurated in 1984), archives, library, observatory, opera, and ballet and the Wilhelma Botanical and Zoological Gardens. The Mercedes-Benz Museum is in the suburb of Untertürkheim, and the Porsche Museum is in the suburb of Zuffenhausen. The suburbs…
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