JKMM- Amos Rex Art Museum
Tomas Lauri
Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, ISBN 9789189270022,
Hb, 120 pgs, 19 x 25cm
Acqn. 31504
In Stock
£33.50
Hb, 120 pgs, 19 x 25cm
Acqn. 31504
In Stock
£33.50
Since its opening, the Amos Rex Art Museum, designed by JKMM architects, has been a great public
and architectural success. It is tucked away underground in the ancient glass palace in the heart of
central Helsinki.
Through its architecture, it has set new boundaries for what a museum can and should be. With its
huge arched exhibition halls and eye-catching lanterns that make it feel as though it is above ground,
the building never fails to surprise.
Art museums seldom manage to be fully functional for all types of art, new and old, and at the same
time deliver an architecturally strong experience that changes the city. But here, everything is in
place, states Lars Nittve in one of the book's essays. In this book, a close-up of the museum is drawn
in words, sketches, and pictures.

