| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Washington (District of Columbia, USA) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | Creation date: 1969-1974 | en_US |
| dc.creator | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bunshaft, Gordon | en_US |
| dc.date | 1969-1974 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-10-30T17:38:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-10-30T17:38:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1969-1974 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 100255 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/12998 | en_US |
| dc.description | Measurements include:
* Building and walls surfaced with precast concrete aggregate of "Swenson" pink granite
* Building is 231 feet in diameter; interior court, 115 feet; fountain, 60 feet
* Building is 82 feet high, elevated 14 feet on four massive, sculptural piers
* 60,000 square feet of exhibition space on three floors
* 197,000 square feet of total exhibition space, indoors and outdoors
* 274-seat auditorium (lower level)
* 2.7 acres around and under the museum building
* 1.3-acre sculpture garden across Jefferson Drive sunken 6-14 feet below street level, ramped for accessibility
* Second- and third-floor galleries have 15-foot-high walls, with exposed 3-foot-deep coffered ceilings
* Lower level includes exhibition space, storage, workshops, offices
* Fourth floor includes offices, storage | en_US |
| dc.description | exterior | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | area: 2.7 acres | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | concrete | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | granite | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 128581 | en_US |
| dc.rights | (c) E. Goldstein | en_US |
| dc.subject | Art museums | en_US |
| dc.subject | Smithsonian Institution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Modern --20th century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, American | en_US |
| dc.subject | Washington (D.C.) | en_US |
| dc.title | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | All rights reserved | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Museum | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | architect: Gordon Bunshaft (American, 1909-1990), architectural firm: Owings & Merrill Skidmore (American, 1939-) | en_US |
