Museum of Contemporary Art

1. • Museum
• Inside of
museum
• Architect
• Other
buildings
• Localitation
Map fo MACBA
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
ART
Richard Meier

2. MACBA MUSEUM
The Barcelona Museum of

Contemporary Art was designed by
Richard Meier & Partners (1987-1995).
The building’s architectural style has
references to Modernism. This large
(120 by 35 meters) white building and
have a wall of glazed providing the
visitor views across the plaza, and
allowing natural light into the inside. It
includes a La Central library, specialized
in art books and publications. The
museum opened to the public on 28
November 1995.
Another contemporary art museum,

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de
Barcelona (CCCB), is next to MACBA

3. INSIDE OF MUSEUM

4. ARCHITECT
Richard Meier was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934.

Richard Meier graduated from Cornell University in 1957.
He worked with a series of architects, including Skidmore,
Owings, and Merrill and Marcel Breuer.
Selected Awards:
1984: Pritzker Architecture Prize
1989: Royal Gold Medal from the Royal
Institute of British Architects
1997: American Institute of Architects Gold
Medal
Numerous national AIA Honor Awards and
New York AIA Design Awards

5. OTHERS BUILDINGS
High Museum of Art Museum of Television and Radio New Harmony Atheneum
Dio Padre Misericordioso
Getty Center Museum fur Kunsthandwerk
aka Jubilee Church

6. LOCATION MAP FOR
MACBA
The Barcelona
Museum of
Contemporary
Art (Museu
d'Art
Contemporani
de Barcelona,
or MACBA) is
situated in the
Plaça dels
Àngels, in El
Raval, Ciutat
Vella,
Barcelona,
Spain