{"product_id":"the-getty-villa","title":"The Getty Villa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original Getty Museum  housed in a replica of a Roman Villa on a site overlooking the Pacific Ocean  is one of Los Angeless most treasured landmarks. Closed for almost ten years while renovations were made to the building and the site itself was transformed into a center for the study of antiquities and conservation  the Getty Villa is now set to open late in 2005. The Getty Villa is a lively history of the Getty Museum  its renowned antiquities collections  and its growth from a small museum in a ranch house in Malibu to its first home in a building designed to replicate what we know of the Villa dei Papiri  an ancient Roman villa partially uncovered in Herculaneum. Most engagingly  this book records the ten-year adventure in reconfiguring a beautiful  but topographically challenging  site into one that could continue to accommodate the splendid Museum building and also provide for an outdoor theater  laboratories for conservation work and research  offices for staff and visiting scholars  and an education program for adults and children. This is a story of architectural imagination  geographical challenges  and legal hurdles  all of which have resulted in a truly unique and beautiful site. The story is an enlightening and rewarding one for anyone interested in architecture and in the difficulties posed by building on a grand scale in the twenty-first century. Beautifully illustrated throughout  the book includes 250 reproductions of works of art  photographs of both the old and the new Getty Museum  site plans  and architectural elevations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44987616559157,"sku":"ByrdShop_0892368381","price":65.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780892368389.jpg?v=1770949194","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-getty-villa","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}