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Extreme Museum MakeoverHow do you create a new home for the Barnes Foundation?

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In 1998, Jacob Weisberg declared Frank Gehry "our greatest architect." Christopher Hawthorne reviewed a Gehry retrospective in 2001 and his Disney Concert Hall in 2003. Last year, Hawthorne deconstructed Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano. Hawthorne also covered the saga of Daniel Libeskind's Freedom Tower in February and December of 2003.

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