October 2007 Archives

Someone from the very interesting website/blog "Continuity in Architecture" has made an awesome find of this postcard of the original Ara Pacis Museum. Click on the image to see the larger version at their site.

So it seems Meier has an exhibit in his honor at some new museum - the Louise T. Blouin Foundation. Bloomberg news has an interview with Meier:

"Meier happily takes credit for two recent Rome buildings. One is the uncharacteristically curvilinear Jubilee Church, with three sail-like arches, in a working-class suburb. A more central landmark is his glass-and-travertine container for the Museo dell'Ara Pacis, the newest edifice in historic Rome since Mussolini's day. Flooded with light, it contains Augustus's Altar of Peace, from 9 B.C."

Photo copyright and courtesy of Bloomberg.com