Art Gallery Extension, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart

Combination of 19th
century classical
architecture and
modern architecture.

Arches
Pediment
Classical Statues
Columns
Architrave

Location: Germany
Architect:
James Stirling
Style: Post- Modernism
Construction Period:
1977-1983
Bldg Type: Art Museum

The museum is a series of integrations, both contextual with the site and periods of art and
design. Stirling combines materials of the past, travertine and sandstone, with colored industrial
steel throughout the museum as a way in which to pay respect to the art and design of the 19th
Century by developing a relationship with modern materials resulting in a uniquely Post Modern
museum that is rooted in the combination of historical elements with a modern vocabulary.

References:
1. Kroll, Andrew. April 2011. Archdaily.com. AD Classics: Neue Staatsgalerie/
James Stirling

2. Vikashsaini. January 2014. Slideshare.net. James Stirling