MOSHE SAFDIE:
MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE 1971 - 1998
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, Between Memory and Identity
PROJECTS
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The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh |
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"We have aimed at making a building that evokes a memory, that is a setting for Macbeth as well as a working dry dock, an observatory, or a communications center." From the architect's statements in his submission for the competition. |
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Client: National Museum of Scotland Building Department |
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Date of the competition : 1990-1991 |
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Architects : Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects |
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Cost : 27 million pounds Sterling |
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Unbuilt. The competition was won by Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth. |