Soon after the Met Breuer was opened in the repurposed facilities of the Whitney Museum on Madison Avenue — designed by its namesake Marcel Breuer in 1966 — another monument by the Bauhaus-trained architect faces possible demolition. Atlanta-Fulton Central Library; Photo Credit: Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Board of Trustees recently expressed interested in investing in a brand new library for Downtown Atlanta, with hope that it could revive the function of this public facility and present an attractive icon for the city and its visitors. Fulton County commissioner Robb Pitts, who supports this initiative, describes the current library building — designed by then-“starchitect” Marcel Breuer in 1980 — as looking “more like a jail” than a welcoming space for leisure and productivity. Interior of the Atlanta-Fulton Central Library; Photo Credit: World Monuments Fund The Central Library was the last building that Marcel Breuer designed with his associate Hamilton Smith, his death coming a year after the building’s opening. As petitions circulate to save the monument, the question at hand centers on the cultural value and social impact of brutalist architecture in today’s urban landscape. In 2007, ... , Chloé Vadot, read more http://ift.tt/1rwOwX6
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