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As card-carrying members of the Libeskind Skeptic Society, we walked away from this afternoon's tour pleasantly surprised with the new Contemporary Jewish Museum. Both the building, designed by Daniel Libeskind with WRNS, and plaza, designed by Handel Architects with landscaping by Cliff Lowe Associates, are— dare we be so overwhelmingly positive?!— a welcome addition to the ever-expanding museum district that we found to be well informed by the Yerba Buena nabe, nodding to the history of the area while providing an exciting new space to view art and learn about Jewish Culture. We know there are haters out there, but do us a favor and hold that criticism until you visit— just this once, mmmkay? (It opens to the public on the 8th, by the way.) Be sure to click through the Curbed SF mega-gallery to see how the CJM handles its business.
· Curbed Inside Update: The Contemporary Jewish Museum Full Reveal [Curbed SF]
Love Libeskind that much, and only wish you could own a home designed by the starchitect du jour? Just forget about it— it's a no-go, unless you skip town for Denver— and who's doing that? Fake it until you make it at 261 Sussex Street, a three-bedroom home whose awkward spaces may have well been slashed by Libeskind himself. (Right? Right?!?) Extra bonus Druidic rune carvings in the bedroom plus super views, a deck, yard, and detached art studio for $925,000 asking.
· 261 Sussex St. [MLS]
Back-to-back Libeskind action! So here they are, the plans for San Francisco's new Contemporary Jewish Museum designed by globetrotting architect Daniel Libeskind. Surprisingly reserved for Libeskind, but what the plans don't really communicate is the fact that there is only one single vertically straight wall in the entire building. Located in the first floor (lower image), this wall was DL's concession to the CJM staff. Almost everywhere else in the building, he's up to his usual spatially disorienting, curator-reviled trickery, albeit tempered in certain areas by the existing brick building. On the second floor, the larger main gallery highlights the intersection with the new building and the repurposed power station, and yes, while the walls are slightly askew, they're nothing like those in Libeskind's Berlin or Denver museums — buildings that make many less concessions.
· Curbed Inside Update: The Contemporary Jewish Museum Full Reveal [Curbed Inside}
· Curbed Inside: Contemporary Jewish Museum [Curbed SF]
· CurbedWire: Contemporary Jewish Museum Opening Revealed [Curbed SF]
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