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ARCHITECTURE A s an example of the aesthetic achievements of
our time, the Museo Internacional del Barroco,
Toyo Ito’s or simply the MIB, in the City of Puebla, Mexico
has been created referencing the most up-to-
Museum for date exhibition design by the firm of Japanese architect Toyo
Baroque Art Ito, the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate of 2013.

in Puebla, In the words of the jury that presided over this international
Mexico distinction, equivalent to the Nobel Prize of architecture, Toyo
Ito is:

“...a creator of timeless buildings, who at the same time
boldly charts new paths. His architecture projects an
air of optimism, lightness and joy, and is infused with
both a sense of uniqueness and universality...

A walkway is suspended over water that extends into the park
where it is located. From the outside, the reflection of the
building in the surrounding water is unquestionably dramatic
– a space where water, sky, light and structure meet. The
Pritzker jury explains his style as a combination of “conceptual
innovation with superbly executed buildings”, noting his work
is distinguished for “spiritual dimension and for the poetics that
transcend his works.”

Photo: James Danske, Fsm Secretaria De Cultura. Sky Light Structure

Water

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