Marzenie i rzeczywistość. Gmach Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie
Marzenie i rzeczywistość. Gmach Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie [Dreams and Reality. The Building of the National Museum in Warsaw], edited by: Piotr Kibort, graphic design: Magdalena Piwowar, 164 pages with illustrations, The National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 2016, ISBN 978-83-7100-965.
Accompanying the Dreams and Reality. The Building of the National Museum in Warsaw exhibition is this illustrated catalogue containing essays on the history of the museum’s buildings, the architecture of its current home, and the multitude of ideas for its further expansion. Very interesting is the history of the NMW design competitions held by the state authorities in the twenty-year inter-war period, attracting submissions from Poland’s greatest architects of the era. Complementing the publication is a special bibliophile portfolio containing reproductions of some of the most interesting architectural drawings submitted to the competitions.
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