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  • From the epic halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim, New York City is home to some of the most famous museums in the world, each one looking completely different from the next. Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects returns to AD for an in-depth look at how the iconic museums and art galleries of NYC developed their unique designs and became some of the city’s best landmarks.
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  • @norwaytoday
    @norwaytoday 7 місяців тому +353

    Could you do performing arts spaces like theatres? As a theatre professional and architecture enthusiast, it would be a great concept :)

    • @allyh1326
      @allyh1326 6 місяців тому +4

      Great idea!

    • @jenniferadams7582
      @jenniferadams7582 6 місяців тому +1

      There is a video on this channel (not Wyetzner tho) breaking down Disney Concert Hall. I liked it.

  • @laurenm.6579
    @laurenm.6579 7 місяців тому +389

    I would love to see a video breaking down other museums in NYC (Natural History Museum, 9/11 memorial, etc)!

    • @2002yannick1
      @2002yannick1 7 місяців тому +3

      YESSSSSS, part two is needed!

    • @jjustj145
      @jjustj145 6 місяців тому +2

      Agreed! + a Part 3 & 4
      ... And preferably with Wyetzner 🙏

    • @chenalindelossantos967
      @chenalindelossantos967 6 місяців тому

      NMH!!!! now i wanna visit NY for these museums and central park!

    • @francescadorwart1089
      @francescadorwart1089 5 місяців тому +3

      The Cloisters! (It has such an interesting and unique history!)

    • @catkajary4415
      @catkajary4415 5 місяців тому +1

      @@jjustj145 Yes, 100% has to be Wyetner. I really think he needs his own UA-cam channel already!

  • @cave_hag
    @cave_hag 7 місяців тому +131

    I could watch this legend breaking down NYC architecture all day. Truly get excited seeing new ones pop up.
    Would love to see some on Boston's architecture too.

  • @ThreeRunHomer
    @ThreeRunHomer 7 місяців тому +88

    I went to a Christmas concert in the Guggenheim once. Singers and musicians were spread out around the interior spiral, and the spectators filled in around them. Beautiful experience.

  • @wingshad0w00982
    @wingshad0w00982 7 місяців тому +156

    The met is ridiculous. I love it. I’ve been eight or nine times and even discounting changing exhibits I keep finding new things every time I go

    • @Elitist20
      @Elitist20 6 місяців тому +2

      Many years ago I visited the Met twice - once briefly to get a sense of it, then a few days later I spent all day there!

    • @RingoLoadagain
      @RingoLoadagain 6 місяців тому +5

      I've probably been there 200 times and I still love it and could spend all day there.

  • @seltzman
    @seltzman 7 місяців тому +21

    We love this concept and Mr. Wyetzner. Please do continue and flood us with tihs content

  • @nik257
    @nik257 7 місяців тому +50

    Absolutely love his passion for architecture!

  • @mind-of-neo
    @mind-of-neo 7 місяців тому +45

    To be able to explore all of manhattan and all its massive museums would be such a dream come true for me

    • @avsystem3142
      @avsystem3142 7 місяців тому +11

      Based on my own experience you should probably plan on multiple visits to NYC to accomplish that goal.

    • @franzm4945
      @franzm4945 7 місяців тому +7

      Did that during my 1-week trip to NYC and omg it’s still not enough 😂😂😂

    • @dekexz19
      @dekexz19 6 місяців тому +1

      You’ll do it friend

    • @Gertyutz
      @Gertyutz 4 місяці тому +1

      WNYC, our local NPR station, has just counted 180 museums, although not all are as grand. Have fun!

  • @rodrigoalvesvieira
    @rodrigoalvesvieira 6 місяців тому +10

    Always great when there's a new NYC architecture and hishory video by Mr. Wyetzner!

  • @sixichen4587
    @sixichen4587 7 місяців тому +7

    I love that all the essential materials and components are labeled in the video, much easier for non-architects to understand.

  • @christinaaruffo9534
    @christinaaruffo9534 7 місяців тому +13

    I would love to see a breakdown of different international airports

  • @jumbo1701
    @jumbo1701 7 місяців тому +19

    I love this video! Thanks AD!
    I loved the Met part- I visited recently and it was wildly interesting.
    I would LOVE to see a video on the cloisters- it was my favorite part of the entire Met system. Thank you AD and Mr. Wyetzner. :)

  • @kimberleestern8757
    @kimberleestern8757 7 місяців тому +11

    This was fantastic! Please do this in Paris

  • @user-cn7of3je6w
    @user-cn7of3je6w 7 місяців тому +8

    Fantastic review of some of the best buildings in NYC. Many thanks for the informative video. Mr. Wyetzner is a star.

  • @kendoll8447
    @kendoll8447 7 місяців тому +12

    I absolutely LOVE your talks about architecture! Please keep them coming 👋

  • @MrMoodylaren
    @MrMoodylaren 6 місяців тому +5

    will, when i look at the Guggenheim museum i dont realy think about the art inside, i think about the Museum as a peace of art on itself.

  • @steini6771
    @steini6771 7 місяців тому +8

    Another fab video Sir. Thank you and all others involved in making these outstanding vids.

  • @JStratfordFilms
    @JStratfordFilms 6 місяців тому +5

    I love this guy, always so articulate and a great teacher

  • @Geeman002
    @Geeman002 7 місяців тому +5

    I love your videos, I don’t know much about architecture but I do love the beautiful buildings, especially in NYC, and I love the way you teach me about them.

  • @AlexanderORiordan
    @AlexanderORiordan 2 місяці тому +1

    This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

  • @robcunningham8908
    @robcunningham8908 7 місяців тому +21

    Could you talk about the many libraries and concert halls that Carnegie created across the country? I once thought that there was only one Carnegie Music Hall - in NYC; however, now that I’m living in Pittsburgh, I know that there are at least two! And I’m told that there are more…

    • @erldagerl9826
      @erldagerl9826 6 місяців тому +1

      This gentleman specializes in New York architecture.

  • @Jim58223
    @Jim58223 7 місяців тому +5

    Do the ROM next please. Thanks.

  • @avsystem3142
    @avsystem3142 7 місяців тому +23

    Although I'm a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright's design originality (his engineering skills not so much) I've been to the Guggenheim, as well as several other NYC museums. In my opinion the Guggenheim is a very inefficient use of space in which to display art. The museum is sculpture but the actual amount of usable space in which to display art is low compared to it's footprint. And, as mentioned, not even a particularly great display environment for the art it can accommodate.

    • @stevenjlovelace
      @stevenjlovelace 6 місяців тому +1

      Agreed! It's cool, but not the best museum experience.

    • @vincentgoupil180
      @vincentgoupil180 6 місяців тому +2

      Flat paintings to be hung on a curved wall, what was Frankie smoking ? :)

    • @randyastle3301
      @randyastle3301 6 місяців тому +3

      Check out Waldemar Januszczak’s BBC documentary series on American art. He spends a long time on theosophy and the philosophical concepts behind the Guggenheim’s design, eg why Lloyd Wright did it the way he did (not to show art!).

    • @vincentgoupil180
      @vincentgoupil180 6 місяців тому

      @@randyastle3301
      Watched Waldemar's talk on Frank L. Wright and the Guggenheim. Appears the architect and the artists were more or less on the same page through Wright may have been interested in Rosicrucianism.
      So, form followed function, no conflict between the two.

  • @nicolefaubert8147
    @nicolefaubert8147 7 місяців тому +5

    The Frick Madison is one of my favorite, I would really like to hear You talk about it. Love your passion.Merci

    • @kennethbarber438
      @kennethbarber438 5 місяців тому

      Frick's collection is temporarily in the Breuer building. He just talked about it.

  • @Colin.Smith.Pianist
    @Colin.Smith.Pianist 6 місяців тому +2

    The beauty of these buildings deserve their own deep dive video tbh

  • @TimothyRobert93
    @TimothyRobert93 7 місяців тому +9

    Brilliant video as always. Loved this, and made me desire to move to NYC even more.

  • @hollywalters318
    @hollywalters318 7 місяців тому +6

    Thanks so much for your videos!

  • @gaborjurina2839
    @gaborjurina2839 7 місяців тому +9

    Love this channel, I learn something new every time. I would love to see you review the AGO and the ROM, both great buildings with additions by visionary contemporary architects.

    • @catkajary4415
      @catkajary4415 5 місяців тому

      Do you mean the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto?

  • @samtron9765
    @samtron9765 7 місяців тому +7

    I'd love to see a breakdown of museums in Toronto, like the ROM and AGO.

  • @jeffreyonemu1426
    @jeffreyonemu1426 7 місяців тому +9

    Alright! NYC content, I'm in.

  • @MidoriAnca
    @MidoriAnca 6 місяців тому +9

    It would be amazing if you could explore other fascinating museum buildings like: National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Tate Modern and National Gallery in London, Mudam in Luxembourg or Hermitage in Saint Petersburg - if you want to do outside of New York also

    • @erldagerl9826
      @erldagerl9826 6 місяців тому +2

      He’s a New York specialist. But I agree that would be interesting if they could get someone of his caliber.

  • @drubert1981
    @drubert1981 7 місяців тому +17

    I witnessed the expansion of the SF Moma as an art student. Would love an in depth explanation on how that was done.

  • @learnenglishwithdayamudra704
    @learnenglishwithdayamudra704 7 місяців тому +8

    So interesting! I love your videos. I'd love a similar video about the museums of San Francisco.

  • @j.mieses8139
    @j.mieses8139 6 місяців тому +1

    This was very well explained. Thank you!

  • @jacobbwalters8133
    @jacobbwalters8133 7 місяців тому +4

    Chicago Museums next?

  • @ezydoesit993
    @ezydoesit993 6 місяців тому

    i could watch these videos every single day! thank you

  • @rickkuny6591
    @rickkuny6591 4 місяці тому

    This is a brilliant and insightful commentary! Thank you for your time and energy, coming to New York!

  • @tarynstroop8740
    @tarynstroop8740 5 місяців тому

    I love all the architecture tours in NYC! More please!!!

  • @Emthe30something
    @Emthe30something 7 місяців тому +2

    Always love these

  • @DD-tq9zp
    @DD-tq9zp 3 години тому

    Sooo I didn’t realize how much I appreciate interesting architectural facts (Gothic Stan btw). We need more of these Mr. W!

  • @edramirez1240
    @edramirez1240 7 місяців тому +4

    I would like to see the Brooklyn Museum, the Asia Society, the NY Historical Society, the Museum of the City of NY, the Louis Armstrong Center, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

  • @minneapaulis
    @minneapaulis 6 місяців тому +1

    This was amazing! Broadway theaters next

  • @michaelhockus8208
    @michaelhockus8208 5 місяців тому

    fantastic! thanks for this great video. I love seeing the photographs of the park in its infancy.

  • @PistachioDean
    @PistachioDean 6 місяців тому +3

    Maybe a break down of Parisian or Tokyo museums? The Musée d’Orsay museum is in this beautiful beaux arts building that was originally a railway station. In Tokyo, the Tokyo National Museum or the Edo-Tokyo museums for instance.

  • @Stephen_Lafferty
    @Stephen_Lafferty 7 місяців тому +5

    The Prado, the Louvre, and the Chicago Art Institute, please!

    • @hpcolombia
      @hpcolombia 7 місяців тому +2

      Field Museum. Science and Industry Museum

  • @mdhh7859
    @mdhh7859 7 місяців тому +4

    I love these
    So interesting always ❤❤❤
    Thank you 🙏

  • @LSTEdD1
    @LSTEdD1 7 місяців тому +3

    By the way - these videos are wonderful!!

  • @markr7083
    @markr7083 6 місяців тому

    These type of videos are awesome!

  • @LSTEdD1
    @LSTEdD1 7 місяців тому +3

    As I am sure you know Hunt designed The Breakers in Newport as well.

  • @planecrashcorner7283
    @planecrashcorner7283 7 місяців тому +4

    More San Francisco content please!!

  • @scottwinn5043
    @scottwinn5043 6 місяців тому +1

    This was so cool!

  • @miriamrenz9009
    @miriamrenz9009 6 місяців тому +1

    The Tenement Museum would be really interesting! And the Cloisters!

  • @user-sx9vc1dx7r
    @user-sx9vc1dx7r 6 місяців тому

    Fantastic! Best buildings in NYC. Big thanks for the video

  • @andrewwadage
    @andrewwadage Місяць тому

    Thank you so much for this.

  • @triconcert
    @triconcert 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for education and information!

  • @vincentraxe
    @vincentraxe 6 місяців тому +1

    Part 2 please!!!!

  • @Vikram_l
    @Vikram_l 6 місяців тому

    I just cant wait for the next episode. They dont seem to be coming fast enough. But i do understand that quality takes time.

  • @jesuispauvre4139
    @jesuispauvre4139 7 місяців тому

    I love those architecture video !!!

  • @mayonaissse
    @mayonaissse 2 місяці тому

    Visiting these museums (especially the Met) is a lifelong dream of mine.

  • @omanuelsa
    @omanuelsa 5 місяців тому

    thank you so much for this video!

  • @NicholeGreenNicholeGreen
    @NicholeGreenNicholeGreen 5 місяців тому

    I love this series

  • @jeannesherwood4430
    @jeannesherwood4430 7 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting! I would love to learn more about the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rodin museum and especially the Barnes museum and it’s relocation!!!

  • @randyastle3301
    @randyastle3301 6 місяців тому +1

    Second comment to say I love revisiting all the buildings you review to see them afresh and understand them better. AND id love to see a video about all the grounds and the buildings (greenhouses etc.) at the city’s botanical gardens or even the five zoos.

  • @fl7122
    @fl7122 5 місяців тому

    Amazing video!

  • @MelodyProsser
    @MelodyProsser 7 місяців тому +4

    Please break down the Art Gallery of Ontario.

  • @patriciacashman5553
    @patriciacashman5553 7 місяців тому +3

    He’s wonderful!

  • @jeffpetrie7744
    @jeffpetrie7744 7 місяців тому +4

    How about the deYoung Museum in SF? I know that a ton of thought went into its design. 😎

    • @jlasf
      @jlasf 5 місяців тому

      The Herzog and De Meuron de Young is a disaster. The copper exterior was supposed to turn verdigris over the years. The intent was to blend into the foliage of Golden Gate Park...except it didn't. It remained copper with only small amounts of verdigris. So, it stands out intrusively. The main court is an ungainly waste of space. With bland strips of lighting and awkward flow, what should have been the heart of the building is, instead an empty doughnut hole. Contrast this with the sublime I. M. Pei design for the East Building of the National Gallery in Washington. I could go on. It's yet another missed opportunity in a city that has few buildings of architectural merit.

  • @lorinotarius
    @lorinotarius 7 місяців тому +4

    Who was the original architect of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh? It looks very much like the Met and I'm wondering if it is the same architect since it was founded in 1895 around the same time as the 1902 Met opening.

  • @itstonycia
    @itstonycia 4 місяці тому

    I’ve spent years in nyc and never been to any museum. I’m away now but after this video I want to go!!!!

  • @sloanNYC
    @sloanNYC Місяць тому

    The Met was my favorite place when I lived in NYC.

  • @kowen1319
    @kowen1319 6 місяців тому

    this is amazing

  • @Tru-Blu
    @Tru-Blu 7 місяців тому +3

    Maybe the Art Institute of Chicago?

  • @ellenhageman7380
    @ellenhageman7380 7 місяців тому +2

    Come to Los Angeles - LACMA under construction, the Getty off the 405 freeway and MOCA downtown.

  • @RafiqMohamad
    @RafiqMohamad 6 місяців тому +1

    Would love to see the architectural breakdown of Berlin’s Museum Island. Especially Neues Museum.

  • @marques9392
    @marques9392 6 місяців тому

    I love to see you breakdown the Cleveland museum of art

  • @LyndseyMacPherson
    @LyndseyMacPherson 7 місяців тому +5

    This was amazing, as always.
    I love the Guggenheim, despite its drawbacks. But mostly, I love New York.

  • @timliddy1
    @timliddy1 5 місяців тому +1

    I love your videos. In this one, I especially like when you mention Frank Loyd Wright, when designing the Guggenheim, it was more about himself than it was the artwork. It would be really interesting to get your take on architects who build museums that favor their own aesthetic versus what is going into the building-the Art. Might you start with the Bilbao?

  • @garricklp
    @garricklp 7 місяців тому +1

    Brooklyn Museum and the Noguchi please!

  • @marcellusdiocletian2487
    @marcellusdiocletian2487 3 місяці тому

    I've been to the met museum once and I really need to go back it is quite a lot to see

  • @brihow24
    @brihow24 6 місяців тому +1

    Please do a video on Broadway theaters!

  • @vadniesidney4772
    @vadniesidney4772 6 місяців тому +1

    Love these videos. I learn so much. It would be great to see The American Museum of Natural History and National Museum of the American Indian.

  • @Eli-cq8jq
    @Eli-cq8jq 6 місяців тому

    Play it Loud (Met - Oct 1, 2019). I shared the Central Park at The Official Sting. I like him.

  • @peiwei3873
    @peiwei3873 7 місяців тому +3

    Love these nyc architect videos. Thanks for making them.

  • @2WheelsGood
    @2WheelsGood 6 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @fliterbeen
    @fliterbeen 6 місяців тому +2

    The American Museum of Natural History!!!!

  • @iminacademia4428
    @iminacademia4428 6 місяців тому +1

    Mexico City's 1. Palacio de Bellas Artes, 2. Chapultepec Castle, 3. Franz Mayer Museum, and 4. Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia

  • @Luanaferreiranyc
    @Luanaferreiranyc 6 місяців тому

    Hello! I love this channel! Can you please do an episode on Guastavino?

  • @ArtCultureTravel
    @ArtCultureTravel 6 місяців тому

    Incredible buildings! Thanks for the video. I'm torn though. I was feeling that nothing can beat Paris before I started ... However, it's clear. NYC gives it a worthy attempt for sure! Looking forward to return.

  • @anitchlikadze3451
    @anitchlikadze3451 7 місяців тому +4

    Frank Lloyd Wright❤️‍🔥

  • @stephenfaust8589
    @stephenfaust8589 7 місяців тому +1

    Please come to Philadelphia! I would love to see a similar compare/contrast between the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Barnes Foundation museum.

  • @mariecochran527
    @mariecochran527 7 місяців тому +2

    CHICAGO please ❤

  • @zukonjs9421
    @zukonjs9421 10 днів тому

    it’s free for jersey and connecticut residents too (if you show ID) or if you’re a college student

  • @whatever4065
    @whatever4065 6 місяців тому

    Great video, I could listen to Wyetzner talk about architecture for hours. Maybe he could do something on Berlin? The Museum Island with its different museums, Libeskind's Jewish Museum, such an amazing piece of didactic architecture!

  • @authorless
    @authorless 6 місяців тому

    I really like the building the New Museum is in.

  • @menaseven9093
    @menaseven9093 6 місяців тому

    This is an awesome video about New York museums, New Yorkers like their art. I like the Metropolitain Museum, the museum of modern art and the Whitney museum..

  • @ShutterBugMom19
    @ShutterBugMom19 6 місяців тому +1

    It would be nice to compare other museums on Museum Mile or AMNH including the new Gilder Center, which in itself has a unique design

  • @Lochsley
    @Lochsley Місяць тому

    I'd love to hear an architectural breakdown of the Mona Museum in Hobart, Tasmania

  • @johnnyfuentes1744
    @johnnyfuentes1744 6 місяців тому

    I enjoyed your videos! Just a quick question what kind of marker or pen do you used in this video? I will like to get some of those! Thanks!!

  • @mylesgarcia4625
    @mylesgarcia4625 3 місяці тому

    The d"Orsay in Paris; the Asian, de Young and SF_MOMA museums of San Francisco.

  • @vincentgoupil180
    @vincentgoupil180 6 місяців тому

    hey Mikey,
    Granted you've pointed out the MOMA facade at 7:47 and the Met's blind windows please talk more about the *window* treatments between the 19th and 20th centuries using Guatam Shah's article "Comparing Windows of FLW, and LC Mies" (2013) on the blog 'Talk About Interior Design' as a reference point.
    For example, the Guggenheim's ribbon window is one long continuous spiral light to the sky.