Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Köln
Architects: Peter Busmann and Godfrid Haberer
Opening: 1986
"A Whiff Of Modernism In Cologne
COLOGNE, West Germany — What makes a successful museum? Ah, good, for once an easy question. A terrific collection, decently housed, makes a successful museum.
Oh wrong, wrong, wrong. How can anybody be so hopelessly out of date? When plans for a new museum were unveiled in Cologne everybody hated them. They hated the idea of plopping a museum devoted mainly to contemporary art down right next door to the Cologne cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture begun in 1269 and renowned for its soaring, rocket-shaped towers. They hated the museums design with its ranks of shark-tooth skylights.
What an affront. Looks like a factory right here next to our venerable and beruehmt cathedral. What we need here is nice park. (...)"
Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1987|WILLIAM WILSON
Ludwig
Museum Ludwig, Köln
Architects: Peter Busmann and Godfrid Haberer
Opening: 1986
"A Whiff Of Modernism In Cologne
COLOGNE, West Germany — What makes a successful museum? Ah, good, for once an easy question. A terrific collection, decently housed, makes a successful museum.
Oh wrong, wrong, wrong. How can anybody be so hopelessly out of date? When plans for a new museum were unveiled in Cologne everybody hated them. They hated the idea of plopping a museum devoted mainly to contemporary art down right next door to the Cologne cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture begun in 1269 and renowned for its soaring, rocket-shaped towers. They hated the museums design with its ranks of shark-tooth skylights.
What an affront. Looks like a factory right here next to our venerable and beruehmt cathedral. What we need here is nice park. (...)"
Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1987|WILLIAM WILSON