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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Washington, District of Columbia, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1969-1978 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorPei, I. M.en_US
dc.date1969-1978en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T14:38:31Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T14:38:31Z
dc.date.issued1969-1978en_US
dc.identifier199495en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 202en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107257
dc.descriptionView of a gallery space, top floor west side; The architect faced several challenges. The new building had to fit an irregularly shaped, trapezoidal site; conform to the monumental scale of the Mall; and harmonize with John Russell Pope's classicizing West Building, completed in 1941. During the laborious design process, Pei and a small team of young architects explored many creative possibilities for the building's plan, exterior profile, and roofing of the great atrium. In a moment of insight, I. M. Pei solved the problem of the site's irregular shape by dividing it into an isosceles triangle and a smaller right triangle. Early in 1969, Pei's design was refined and elaborated to near-final form. The two triangles of the architect's original conception were pulled apart to create a slot that would emphasize the separateness of the two spaces: one for the museum's public functions and the other for its study center. Source: National Gallery of Art [website]; http://www.nga.gov/ (accessed 11/4/2007)en_US
dc.format.mediumlavender-pink marble; concreteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectArt museumsen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.titleNational Gallery of Art East Buildingen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-PI-NGA-2-D2en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeart museumen_US
dc.contributor.displayI. M. Pei (American architect, born 1917)en_US


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