Williams and tsien: American Folk Art Museum

When I first began my second round of blogs, I was assigned the married architect duo of Tod Williams and Billie Tsien.  My initial thought was, “great, two people who I’ve never heard of and will probably bore me to death.” However, I was wrong. The first building of their’s which I looked into was the American Folk Art Museum; when I looked it up I had never seen anything like it before in my life. While it does stick out like a sore thumb among the average skyscrapers of New York, I found a deep appreciation for its uniqueness. The outside reminded me of what you’d see on the wall of a fancy hotel fountain: many tall, dark, stone brocks put together. It’s certainly different, but at the same time it’s gorgeous.

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