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Frank Gehry and Thomas Krens to collaborate again on the Contemporary Architecture Museum

United States Architecture News - Sep 05, 2017 - 15:23   11616 views

Frank Gehry and Thomas Krens to collaborate again on the Contemporary Architecture Museum

Thomas Krens is leaning on a familiar partner to design his proposed Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum.  Famed architect Frank Gehry agreed earlier this summer to design the Krens museum, the fifth such project they've worked on together.

Gehry will be in North Adams for a site visit on Friday along with Krens, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, and North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright. Krens, who is credited with conceiving of Mass MoCA before leaving to serve as the director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation until 2008, first proposed a model railroad and contemporary architecture museum at Western Gateway Heritage State Park in 2015......Continue Reading

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