The Akron Art Museum just keeps on winning praise and prizes. The museum won one of the Royal Institute of British Architects 2008 International Awards for its new John S. and James L. Knight Building, designed by the Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. It gets better. The museum was also chosen as one of three finalists for the institute's prestigious Lubetkin Prize, which recognizes the most outstanding work of architecture outside the UK and European Union by an institue member. While the Lubetkin Prize instead went to Casa Kike in Costa Rica, the museum was the only North...
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