| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Washington, District of Columbia, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1969-1978 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Pei, I. M. | en_US |
| dc.date | 1969-1978 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-14T14:38:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-14T14:38:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1969-1978 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 199495 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 202 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107257 | |
| dc.description | View 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.medium | lavender-pink marble; concrete | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Art museums | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | National Gallery of Art East Building | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-PI-NGA-2-D2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | art museum | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | I. M. Pei (American architect, born 1917) | en_US |
