While historians might claim Expressionism, Modernism or Minimalistic architecture was birthed in the post-war 1920s or 50s, an interpretation of this architecture against the more recent developments post 1970 and the new century illustrates that – as a result of expression, the environment, urbanism versus minimalism and a realisation of what people want in urban society, the architectural language has changed again.
The Chichu Art Museum, by Tadao Ando (2004), venously embodies all these aspects in a remarkable project that houses pieces in the form of some of Monet’s finest artworks, among others. The museum not only houses the works of Monet, Walter De Maria and James Turrell, but many consider it to be an art piece in itself.
