Museum architecture has blossomed over the past few decades. Art
museums lead the way in terms of new buildings by superstar
architects such as Frank Gehry, Herzog and de Meuron, Jean Nouvel,
and Renzo Piano, among many more. Those facilities have received
public and professional recognition through media attention and
design awards. But other museum typologies exist, one such being
for buildings that showcase military history and artifacts. All too
often, one thinks of these as unsophisticated in their design and
amateurish or antiquated in their exhibitions. Nowadays, nothingcan
be further from the truth. This volume examines more than thirty of
them internationally that were constructed over the past two
decades and more. The museums are featured in individual entries
and lavish color photography. Some were designed by internationally
renowned architects such as Norman Foster, Daniel Libeskind,
Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Robert A.M. Stern, but many more
are the products of creative, accomplished designers. Beyond the
architecture of these museums, exhibition and installation designs
by noted specialist firms such as Ralph Appelbaum Associates,
Koosmann.dejong, and Gallagher & Associates, among others, have
raised the bar in terms of immersive experiences for their
visitors. New military museums presented within the book are
examined within the context of the history of war memorials and
military museums, the latter being a less well researched subject.
In the end, military museums relate back to antique sculptural
commemorationsof victorious campaigns and martial leaders,
collections and displays of war trophies, and the search to find
useful architectural memorials, the latter especially so after the
World Wars of the twentieth century. Architectural historian John
Zukowsky has an earned doctorate from Binghamton University. While
curator of architecture for The Art Institute of Chicago
(19782004), he organized a number of award-winning exhibitions
accompanied by major books. After that, he held executive positions
within military-related museums such as the Intrepid Sea, Air &
Space Museum and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Since
2012 he has authored several books about architecture and design,
including Why on Earth Would Anyone Build That (2015), Building
Chicago: The Architectural Masterworks (2016), and Architecture
Inside Out: Understanding How Buildings Work (2018).
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