Architectural Analysis of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (March 19, 2022) The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, designed by architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jørgen Bo, exemplified the mixture of post-war modernism with nature. The museum is located in Humlebæk, some forty kilometers north of Copenhagen, Denmark. With its extensive collection of modern and contemporary art since World War II, the museum is perfect for a day trip from the vibrant Nordic capital. It offers a Walden-ish refuge for art lovers and urbanites alike. It is a balancing act between architecture, art, and nature, juxtaposing all three in just one concrete building. Here, architecture is nature, nature is art, and art is architecture. Having followed Scandinavian modernists in the 1940s and ‘50s, Danish architects Vilhelm Wohlert and his partner Jørgen Bo were commissioned by Knud W. Jensen to build a museum to home for modern Danish art in his property (Skjøth, 1989). In 1958, the two architects embar...
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