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Architecture Design and Building in Iowa, USA - 01
ART URBANE
The contemporary art museum increasingly shares responsibility for the well-being of its parent city, supporting tourism and its consequent revenue, and galvanizing local redevelopment.
So the Figge, a new museum by British firm David Chipperfield Architects , on the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa, not only envelopes its collections in a luminous and strictly orthogonal embrace, but it stands as a glowing emblem for the regeneration of Davenport's riverfront downtown. — Published 2005.1109
Architecture Design and Building in Iowa, USA
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