Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
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| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
| Designer | Guy Lowell |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date | 1907 to 1909 |
| Building Type | Museum |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
| Street Address | 465 Huntington Avenue Walk Score |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
[edit] 1981 Renovation
| Building Modification (1977-1986) | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
| Designer | I. M. Pei |
| Date | 1977 to 1986 |
| Modification Type | Renovation |
| Building Type | Museum |
Along with the new West Wing addition, Pei's work on this building through the firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP, New York, New York, USA included a major renovation of the existing structure. The firm describes the renovation in this way:
A primary goal was to rationalize circulation after decades of ad hoc additions had left a confusing warren of dead-end corridors. Linked on three levels to the Beaux-Arts building, the West Wing establishes a continuous loop throughout the entire complex. Its main organizing element is a 200-foot-long barrel-vaulted Galleria that serves as a skylit indoor court and is the physical and visual focus of the museum's new public spaces...
In 2010, a further addition to the museum, designed by Foster + Partners, London, England, United Kingdom, was completed.
| Building Details | |
| Client | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Area | 121,000 square feet |
| Stories | 4 |
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- Museum of Fine Arts West Wing and Renovation at Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners Web site.
