The new building of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Fransisco is set to open on June 8. The CJM’s new home is dedicated to using contemporary art to illuminate and explore Jewish culture and history. Founded in 1984, the museum has no permanent collection.

The museum occupies a low-slung, brick-wrapped power company substation from 1907, which was carefully hollowed out and extended with a signature torqued cube by starchitect Daniel Libeskind. The Los Angeles Times architecture critic wonders whether the result is an example of a maturing architect, known for his iconic Jewish Museum in Berlin, or simply a low-cost version of Libeskind Lite. His final verdict is that the building manages to feel spatially ambitious and architecturally resolved at the same time.

Model version of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Fransisco

Read more:
Los Angeles Times (June 4, 2008)
website Contemporary Jewish Museum

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