Austin's New Arthouse
This past October, the city of Austin celebrated the reopening of Arthouse at the Jones Center—the oldest contemporary art organization in Texas. New York-based architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis tripled the size of the original building, which was a theater in the 1920's, a department store starting in the 1950's, and a cultural center starting in 1995. The building's latest incarnation retains a sense of its layered history (original frescos in the upstairs gallery, for example) while pushing the design in a decidedly futuristic direction. Here's a glimpse of Austin's new architectural icon, with images by photographer Michael Moran.
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Architecturally interesting. I love the stair case. The exposed wall structure is nice in the dinning area, though I think it is a bit excessive in the gallery space where focus should be on the art not the building. Great building for Austin.
Thanks for the comment jcross - come and visit, if you haven't yet! Just to clarify - that movable wall in the second floor gallery can be positioned to create a more traditional white-box gallery. It's up to the curatorial staff - and the artists - whether or not they want the artwork on view to have a dialogue with the architecture. For Jason Middlebrook's exhibition, it was crucial that the wall be exposed. For the current exhibition (Graham Hudson) the gallery is a white box.
That sounds great, smart too, the space adapts to the needs of the exhibition! And yes, another excuse to drive down from Dallas.
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