Guggenheim Museum
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| Guggenheim Museum |
| Designer | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Date | 1956 to 1959 |
| Building Type | art museum |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | 1071 Fifth Avenue Walk Score |
| Notes | S.400. Unique spiral ramping gallery, sculptural massing. Faces across the street to Central Park. Parent institution of the <a href="/buildings/Guggenheim_Bilbao.html">Guggenheim Bilbao</a> by Frank Gehry. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Guggenheim_Museum.html |
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| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Name | Guggenheim, Solomon R., Museum |
| ID Number | 5000443 |
| NRHP Status | Listed In The National Register |
| Certification Date | 05/19/2005 |
| Level of Significance | National |
| NRHP Documents | Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf) |
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Commentary
"...[Wright's] great swansong, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of New York, is a gift of pure architectureor rather of sculpture. It is a continuous spatial helix, a circular ramp that expands as it coils vertiginously around an unobstructed well of space capped by a flat-ribbed glass dome. A seamless construct, the building evoked for Wright 'the quiet unbroken wave.'..."
Spiro Kostof. A History of Architecture, Settings and Rituals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. p740.
The Creator's Words
"Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters."
Frank Lloyd Wright. "Frank Lloyd Wright", The Architectural Forum, January, 1948, Vol 88 Number 1. p89.
Details
American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 1986
Address
1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
[edit] The Wright (restaurant)
| Building Modification () | |
| The Wright | |
| Designer | Andre Kikoski Architect, New York, New York, USA |
| Date | |
| Building Type | Restaurant |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Builder | James G. Kennedy & Co., Inc. |
| Notes | In association with lighting designer Tillotson Design Associates |
| Building Details | |
| Client | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation |
| Area | 1,600 square feet |
| Awards | * Recipient, Lumen Award of Merit IES New York Lumen Awards 2010.
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[edit] Project Credits
- Architect: Andre Kikoski Architect
- Engineer: HHF Design Consulting, Ltd.
- General Contractor: James G. Kennedy & Co., Inc.
- Lighting: Tillotson Design Associates
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1071 Fifth Ave: Frank Lloyd Wright & the Story of the Guggenheim Museum. Home Vision Entertainment, 1994 or 2002. VHS-NTSC format video tape. ISBN 630304798X. Video - Available at Amazon.com
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. drawings and diagrams, p134-135. Updated edition available at Amazon.com
William S. Saunders. Modern ArchitecturePhotographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. exterior photo, p38. interior photo, p39. A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by the master of architectural photography. Available at Amazon.com
Michael Brawne. The New Museum. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1965. Plans, p142. Section, p142.
Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD.2260.1012.1702.060.
Udo Kulterman. Architecture in the 20th Century. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. ISBN 0-442-00942-9. LC 92-26734. NA680.K7913 1993. drawing of exterior perspective, p109. Available at Amazon.com
Lawrence A. Martin, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, September 1993. PCD.3235.1012.0545.033. addition to Guggenheim Museum.
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. exterior, interior photos, section drawing, plan drawing, p227. Available at Amazon.com
Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. photos, fig 854-856, p 536, 537. Available at Amazon.com
National Register of Historic Places
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. National Historic Landmark Nomination document. National Parks Service.
The Wright at the Guggenheim Museum
[edit] External Links
- The Wright restaurant at AIA Honor Awards 2012 website
- The Wright restaurant at Andre Kikoski Architect website
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