INTRODUCTION The recently completed Easton Collection Center in Flagstaff,Arizona,is the latest addition to The Museum of Northern Arizona(MNA).The Museum of Northern Arizona is a private institution founded in 1928 w...INTRODUCTION The recently completed Easton Collection Center in Flagstaff,Arizona,is the latest addition to The Museum of Northern Arizona(MNA).The Museum of Northern Arizona is a private institution founded in 1928 with the mission to inspire a sense of love and responsibility for the beauty and diversity of the Colorado Plateau through collecting,studying,interpreting,and preserving the region’s natural and cultural heritage.The new Easton Collection Center facility consists of just over 17,000 square feet of floor area.It was designed to house a significant portion of MNA’s extensive and valuable cultural and natural science collections,providing appropriate indoor environmental conditions in a sustainable way and upon completion of construction was certified LEED Platinum by the United States Green Building Council.展开更多
Beijing has turned several ancient buildings into muse-ums in a drive to restore and preserve historical relics in thecity.The city government has invested 4.4 million yuan (760,000)to reconstruct the ancient building...Beijing has turned several ancient buildings into muse-ums in a drive to restore and preserve historical relics in thecity.The city government has invested 4.4 million yuan (760,000)to reconstruct the ancient buildings and stockedthem with relics and antiques.The city is expanding a several-hundred-year-oldtemple into a stone carving museum in Xicheng District.展开更多
Every city in China seems to want to show that it is modernizing and catching up with cities one tier above.Every city has or wants a CBD,and every city has or wants to build museums.Gong Liang,the director of Nanjing...Every city in China seems to want to show that it is modernizing and catching up with cities one tier above.Every city has or wants a CBD,and every city has or wants to build museums.Gong Liang,the director of Nanjing Museum,claims:'For the past three years,we(China)have been building展开更多
文摘INTRODUCTION The recently completed Easton Collection Center in Flagstaff,Arizona,is the latest addition to The Museum of Northern Arizona(MNA).The Museum of Northern Arizona is a private institution founded in 1928 with the mission to inspire a sense of love and responsibility for the beauty and diversity of the Colorado Plateau through collecting,studying,interpreting,and preserving the region’s natural and cultural heritage.The new Easton Collection Center facility consists of just over 17,000 square feet of floor area.It was designed to house a significant portion of MNA’s extensive and valuable cultural and natural science collections,providing appropriate indoor environmental conditions in a sustainable way and upon completion of construction was certified LEED Platinum by the United States Green Building Council.
文摘Beijing has turned several ancient buildings into muse-ums in a drive to restore and preserve historical relics in thecity.The city government has invested 4.4 million yuan (760,000)to reconstruct the ancient buildings and stockedthem with relics and antiques.The city is expanding a several-hundred-year-oldtemple into a stone carving museum in Xicheng District.
文摘Every city in China seems to want to show that it is modernizing and catching up with cities one tier above.Every city has or wants a CBD,and every city has or wants to build museums.Gong Liang,the director of Nanjing Museum,claims:'For the past three years,we(China)have been building
