Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California
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| Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego | |
| Designer | Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc. (VSBA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Location | La Jolla, California, USA |
| Date | 1996 |
| Building Type | Museum |
| Climate | Warm Temperate |
| Context | Hill or Cliffside |
| Architectural Style | Post Modern |
| Street Address | 700 Prospect Street Walk Score |
| Notes | renovation of Ellen Browning Scripps house and removal of the 1960s La Jolla Art Center. |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego |
| Cost | $ 6.18 Million |
| Area | 52,000 sq. ft. (4830 sq. m.)
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| Program | Museum and civic building |
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"The architecture of the new building works to harmonize with that of the old buildings of the precinct by means of analogy and contrast. Its symbolic and formal vocabulary is analogous to Gill’s in its abstract-cubist forms, multiple arched openings, and rhythmic columned pergola. The greater scale of these forms and their iconographic dimension are in contrast with Gill’s more domestic-scaled and aesthetically abstract buildings. The new building’s accommodation to context helps to enhance the already beautiful setting by making it more of a whole."
– Venturi Scott Brown Associates
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- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - at the Architect's web site.
