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General information provided by the DAM website.
- The Denver Art Museum (DAM)
- Location: 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, CO, 80204
- Architects:
- Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
- Studio Daniel Libeskind and Davis Partnership Architects
- Dates of construction
- North Building: 1971
- Hamilton Building: 2006
- Purpose, Function, and Users
- The DAM was designed to be a museum of fine arts serving the Denver area. It is run by a non-profit organization that is separate from the City of Denver. While the DAM is most noted for its expansive collection of Native American art, it also contains works from the world over. Around 450,000 people per year enjoy the distinctive architectural elements of the DAM, as well as the collections housed within.
- Architectural Pictures:
- Exterior Pictures
- Print Sources
- Caruso, Laura, and Andrea Kalivas Fulton. Denver Art Museum: Art Spaces. London: Scala ; 2006. Print.
- This book details the architectural and design elements of the Denver Art Museum
- Long, Kieran. "Denver Art Museum." Icon 1 Dec. 2006: 78-86. Print.
- This article explores how Ponti's North Building and Libeskind's Hamilton building relate and contribute to the overall experience.
- Drawing
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In this drawing I attempted to capture the way the extreme angles of the Hamilton building exterior dynamically interact with light, causing some sections to be in shadow. |
- Interior
- Google Earth View
Aerial View of the DAM and nearby areas. The museum is part of Denver's Civic System Cultural Complex, and is thus surrounded by many cultural and recreation attractions, as well as loft living. - Interview with Daniel Libeskind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GHm1Dmq1A
- In this video Libeskind describes how the building was designed from the inside out, and how the interior spaces were intentionally designed to enhance the the art viewers' experiences.
- First Hand Account
- My mother has personally visited the Museum complex several times, and describes it as, "An interesting fusion of old and new architecture, contemporary, Southwest, and Western Art. Set in an interesting contemporary plaza surrounded by loft living.
- Personal Account
- I noticed that the angular nature of the inside of the Hamilton Building allowed different galleries and art spaces be dynamically lit and arranged in such a way that the aesthetics of the building itself enhance the art.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nc7kAMXhtE
- In this video of the interior of the Hamilton Building, one aspect that really stood out to me was how the windows of the building provide lots of brilliant natural light that plays very well with the angles of the interior.
- Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9153232@N06/4707415795/in/photolist-9A55ze-pZrNY5-BkvQE-3JzAcT-cMZoy9-Fd75n-8ESQ5h-BEMLc-7eK3xZ-pSDKtu-pSDSrC-pSDQRU-pSDRC3-j2dkqV-ht9SvZ-8aYJHi-qxcLek-qPDZwv-qPzHpA-qx6q1h-7VfRDf-dpjyqv-qBN4C-cZHJ7f-oypNdT-qxefQe-qPuFgB-qxe5KK-qMmP9y-qx6ke3-qx6mF1-qxejbn-qxcH5e-pSSJUM-qx6tSf-qPDK6M-qPDWxz-qxenxc-qPzrAG-qxeojH-pSSyCV-qMn6NW-qPznSQ-qPuscR-eXeBmc-82JuAW-vwuX4-5zREcS-kprkHT-drq9mh/
- In viewing this Flickr what really jumped out at me was how the varying materials in the construction of the North Building and the Hamilton Building interplay, the grey glass of the North Building being reminiscent of the titanium of the Hamilton Building without being exactly the same.
WORKS CITED:
Anonymous. "The Buildings." Denver Art Museum. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. <http://denverartmuseum.org/about/the-buildings>.
Caruso, Laura, and Andrea Kalivas Fulton. Denver Art Museum: Art Spaces. London: Scala ; 2006. Print.
Junior, Rob. "Outside Denver Art Museum." Flickr. Yahoo!, 16 June 2010. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/9153232@N06/4707415795/in/photolist-9A55ze-pZrNY5-BkvQE-3JzAcT-cMZoy9-Fd75n-8ESQ5h-BEMLc-7eK3xZ-pSDKtu-pSDSrC-pSDQRU-pSDRC3-j2dkqV-ht9SvZ-8aYJHi-qxcLek-qPDZwv-qPzHpA-qx6q1h-7VfRDf-dpjyqv-qBN4C-cZHJ7f-oypNdT-qxefQe-qPuFgB-qxe5KK-qMmP9y-qx6ke3-qx6mF1-qxejbn-qxcH5e-pSSJUM-qx6tSf-qPDK6M-qPDWxz-qxenxc-qPzrAG-qxeojH-pSSyCV-qMn6NW-qPznSQ-qPuscR-eXeBmc-82JuAW-vwuX4-5zREcS-kprkHT-drq9mh/>.
Long, Kieran. "Denver Art Museum." Icon 1 Dec. 2006: 78-86. Print.
Anonymous. "The Buildings." Denver Art Museum. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. <http://denverartmuseum.org/about/the-buildings>.
Caruso, Laura, and Andrea Kalivas Fulton. Denver Art Museum: Art Spaces. London: Scala ; 2006. Print.
Junior, Rob. "Outside Denver Art Museum." Flickr. Yahoo!, 16 June 2010. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/9153232@N06/4707415795/in/photolist-9A55ze-pZrNY5-BkvQE-3JzAcT-cMZoy9-Fd75n-8ESQ5h-BEMLc-7eK3xZ-pSDKtu-pSDSrC-pSDQRU-pSDRC3-j2dkqV-ht9SvZ-8aYJHi-qxcLek-qPDZwv-qPzHpA-qx6q1h-7VfRDf-dpjyqv-qBN4C-cZHJ7f-oypNdT-qxefQe-qPuFgB-qxe5KK-qMmP9y-qx6ke3-qx6mF1-qxejbn-qxcH5e-pSSJUM-qx6tSf-qPDK6M-qPDWxz-qxenxc-qPzrAG-qxeojH-pSSyCV-qMn6NW-qPznSQ-qPuscR-eXeBmc-82JuAW-vwuX4-5zREcS-kprkHT-drq9mh/>.
Long, Kieran. "Denver Art Museum." Icon 1 Dec. 2006: 78-86. Print.