The book presents four of the most important contemporary museums of the world: Museo Canoviano, Possagno; Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa; The Audrey Jones Beck Building, MFAH; Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg. Each essay details the unique design concepts of each museum, illustrated with interior and exterior details
Gottfried Knapp worked as a film critic for ten years before starting as art, architecture and film editor for the arts page of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. His numerous publications on art-historical and architectural themes include monographs on individual buildings and catalogues about painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and photographic artists. Knapp has won several journalism prizes in the fields of architecture and monument preservation.