Preferred Title:
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Museum Residences
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Image View:
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The west elevation, showing bay with diagonal windows, detail
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Creator:
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Daniel Libeskind (American architect, born 1946)
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Location:
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site: Denver, Colorado, United States
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Location Note:
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55 West 12th Avenue & 1200 Acoma Street
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Date:
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2000-2006 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Work Type 1:
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mixed-use development
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Housing; dwelling; multiple dwellings
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Description:
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Located on the corner of 12th Ave. and Acoma St. in Denver, the Museum Residences wrap around two sides of a 1000-car public parking garage. Out of seven floors total, the top six are residential, leaving 16,000 sq.ft. of space on the ground floor open for retail, further enhancing the vitality at the street level Acoma Plaza of the Arts. Its 56 luxury units range from 800 sq.ft. studios to 5000 sq.ft. penthouse suites. The Museum Residences are a joint venture between Studio Daniel Libeskind and Davis Partnership Architects in Denver. (Source: Studio Daniel Libeskind [website]; http://www.daniel-libeskind.com)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
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Identifier:
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1A1-LD-DMC-A11
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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