MCASD Copley Building, San Diego, California

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MCASD Copley Building
Designer Gluckman Mayner Architects, New York, New York, USA
Location San Diego, California, USA
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Building Type Museum
Construction System Steel, corrugated metal, channel glass, aluminum storefront glazing
Climate Hot Termperate
Context Urban
Architectural Style Modern
Street Address
Notes Designed as a good neighbor to the adjacent MCASD Jacobs Building, San Diego, California, an historic railway depot.

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Client Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Area 15,600 square feet (1,450 sq. m.)
Stories 3
Program 120-seat auditorium, exhibition room and outdoor terrace, multi-function room, curatorial and administrative offices.


This building is part of a museum complex located in downtown San Diego, which includes the new MCASD Copley Building, San Diego, California, the newly renovated MCASD Jacobs Building, San Diego, California, and the 1993 facility at 1001 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, California. This building is named in honor of a San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist, David C. Copley.


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  • "Art Depot", by Leigh Cristy, ArchitectureWeek No. 336, 2007.0530. pD1.1.

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