Guggenheim Extension Story

Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum opened to the public in 1959 and houses a collection of impressionist, modern and contemporary art.

"Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters."
— Frank Lloyd Wright. "Frank Lloyd Wright", The Architectural Forum, January, 1948, Vol 88 Number 1. p89. (reference from greatbuildings.com)

It has been 50 over years, what if there is an extension to this iconic building in New York ?
Lets find out what this architecture office has to show the world...

the existing building - image source : britannica.com

 

section - image source : blogs.artinfo.com

 Guggenheim Extension Story by Oiio Architecture Office

Oiio Architecture Office of New York and Athens has come up with a concept to extend Frank's Lloyd Wright's famous Guggenheim Museum in New York by extending its spiralling form up into the sky.

"What if we decided we needed a little more of Guggenheim?" question the architects, whose plans show a structure with almost three times as many floors as the iconic museum that was designed by Wright during the 1940s.

 

  

 

 

 The office names the project Guggenheim Extension Story, as a reference to the unlikelihood that any extension to the museum would ever really take place.

 

 

 "Guggenheim museum has become so iconic, so emblematic and hermetic in our minds that it can no longer be touched by architects!" say the team, before adding: "Even if its own creator were to propose an alternation of its form, New Yorkers would suddenly feel as if they have lost a dear old friend."

adapted from dezeen 

and Guys ! please read what the team has explained first before you make any judgement. :]