CaixaForum
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36 Paseo del Prado
Madrid
Spain
coordinates: 40.4109497,-3.6930799
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Building names(s): CaixaForum
Architect/Designer: Herzog & de Meuron
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Show on map & checkout the other sites nearby 36 Paseo del Prado
Madrid
Spain
coordinates: 40.4109497,-3.6930799
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Building names(s): CaixaForum
Architect/Designer: Herzog & de Meuron
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Completion date: inaugurated 13 February 2008
function(s): museum
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LT says:
Aug 3, 2009
The CaixaForum is a restoration and expansion of one of the few examples of industrial architecture in Madrid’s historical center, the 110 yr old power plant Central Eléctrica del Mediodía.
Herzog & de Meuron used four basic principles to redesign of the building:
to restore the brick outer layer using traditional techniques,
to get rid of the stone base around the power plant,
to open up a new public square with an entrance on Paseo del Prado and
to add volume.
The seven-floor, brick and cast iron building will hold art exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and conferences.