The radical changes in today’s cultural institutions inevitably affect the architecture of these institutions. Libraries are no longer about books, art museums are not primarily about art, and Joshua Dachs, a prominent theater planning-and-design consultant, has recently questioned the need to ever build more theaters.
Many dramatic buildings have contributed to the success of the institutions they house, an outstanding example being, of course, the Guggenheim Bilbao by Gehry Partners, visited by over a million people a year since it opened two decades ago. But now a beautiful building is no longer enough: innovative programming geared to our evolving societies has become crucial. Financing operations, too, are critical.
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