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The bridge of hoped for returns

Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 2000)

The lobby aperature gives a appropriate view of the suspension bridge for a return from the museum. (The exhibition of artworks is as lavish as the few portions of the museum where photography is allowed).

Bridge to the Miho Museum

Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 2000)

The bridge is reached through a tunnel from the car/bus park and is suspended by graceful cables supported by an arch. A beautifully artistic version of a suspension bridge.

Bridge to the Miho Museum

Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 2000)

I.M. Pei, architect. Commissioned to do the Miho museum by the Koyama family, the founder of the Shinji Shumeikai religious order, they wished the museum to be built on her mountainous site that required a tunnel and foot ...

Miho Museum approach and façade

Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 2000)

An imposing flight of steps offers a majestic approach to the abstraction of Pei's museum. The Miho Museum was commissioned by the Japanese religious order, Shinji Shumeikai. It was conceived to be a "symbol of heaven on ...

Museum lobby with view

Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 2000)

Inside the lobby of the museum a tree, chosen for its shape, was planted for an artistic foreground to the mountain range in the distance. This is an example of shakkei, which incorporates distant vistas into the immediate ...

Second level with skylights

Bruggink, Donald J. (Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan), 2000)

Built in a national park, the desire was to disturb the natural setting as little as possible with the result that 80% of the museums exhibition space is underground with much natural light being accessed through skylights. ...