Guggenheim Museum
New York, United States

Guggenheim Museum in New York (USA) - museum project by Frank Lloyd Wright

Where is located Guggenheim Museum?

Address of Guggenheim Museum is 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, USA
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When was built Guggenheim Museum?

Built date of Guggenheim Museum is 1959 - year of graduation

Guggenheim Museum

Facts, informations and history of Guggenheim Museum

Initially, other locations of the structure were considered, among others 36th Street, 54th Street, Park Avenue or the Riverdale section of the Bronx, but in the end the Museum was built between 88th and 89th Street.

The Guggenheim Museum is an attempt by Wright to restore the plasticity of organic forms in architecture.

The building has the shape of an inverted Babylonian pyramid or a diaphragm or a spiral.

Visitors to the gallery are first transported by elevators to the top floor, and then watching the exhibits go down the gentle slope.

The building is a combination of different shapes, triangles, ovals, arcs, circles and squares. We find here oval columns, repeating shapes of fountains and stairs, and round and spiral patterns on the floors.

Some people, mostly artists, criticize Wright for his museum, whose shape outside can overcome art inside, and for combining the static regularity of geometry with plasticity of nature.

In the museum there is a huge collection of paintings, among others such masters as Picasso, Miro, Klee and Kandisky. Due to the constantly expanding collections, in 1992 the second, named Guggenheim Solo Muzeum, was opened.

In 1986, the building was awarded by the American Institute of Architects.

" I need a warrior, space lover, agitator, sage ... I need a temple of spirit, a monument! " - Hilla Rebay

Architect of Guggenheim Museum

Architect of Guggenheim Museum is Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

How many meters have Guggenheim Museum?

Height of Guggenheim Museum is 23,63 meters

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Construction/building type

Building Guggenheim Museum is of type The Art Museum

Architectural style

Architectural style of Guggenheim Museum is Modern

Modern architectural style is a style characterised primarily by simple and regular forms, a lack of ornamentation and the use of modern building materials. It is significantly different from other architectural styles, such as Baroque, Gothic or Renaissance, where more complex forms and rich ornamentation predominated. ... czytaj więcej.

What material is the building made of?

Guggenheim Museum is made of the following materials: Concrete

Official website

The official website of the building, where up-to-date information can be found, is http://www.guggenheim.org

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Marko from Tychy
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Marko from Tychy
16 years ago
W tym muzeum rozgrywaja sie poczatkowe sceny z filmu "Men in Black" z Willem Smithem.
monia
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monia
16 years ago
projekt dla niektorych kontrowersyjny ..dla mnie niezwykle jak na tamte czasy nowatorski. Z silna piramidalna dominanta, tworzaca spojna calosc z reszta kubatury. Kolor- strzal w 10-tke. Muzeum idealnie wtopione w otaczajaca przestrzen. ...czyli mnie sie podobie
monia
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monia
16 years ago
co do zdjec ...ja nie mialam problemu z ich obejrzeniem
Boomcha
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Boomcha
17 years ago
Te komentarze to szystt głupoty. Same bzdety. Dno - lepiej nic nie piszcie pajace! "Projekt nieprzemyślany" LOOOOL!!!! "Organiczny"!!! Litości!
tadek
#9
tadek
18 years ago
lipna strona Wpisałem Guggenheim Museum Bilbao a tu wyskakuje mi to Bez sensu Cieniutko oj cieniutko
zig
#8
zig
18 years ago
od przegranych procesów z inwestorami za nie funkcjonalnośc budynków F L Wright'a uratowała smierc(chodzi o ten projekt powieś na scianach po łuku obrazy...i dom nad wodospadem reumatyzm mieszkańców...) mimo to FLW dla mnie jest postacią nowatorską wśród architektów
Gajec
#7
Gajec
18 years ago
Kocham tą stronę!!!
ola_f
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ola_f
19 years ago
odp.dla PABLOTKA - projekt był bardzo przemyślany........chociaż na pierwszy rzut oka na to nie wygląda.jego organiczna forma współgra z otoczeniem jednocześnie się od niego odcinając.jest wystarczająco niski zatem nie dominuje, jest inny zatem zwraca uwagę, znajduje się obok parku więc współgra(jakby wyglądajo otoczenie z dużą ilością szklano-żelaznych budynków?),poza tym ciekawy jest środek-sam cię prowadzi(i nie trzeba wchodzić pod górę...co ułatwia życie i pozwala skoncentrować się na sztuce)pzdrw
jerry
#5
jerry
20 years ago
To ponownie ja, tylko 1-sze zdjecie otworzyło się w 90%, reszta nie, pozdrawiam ,jerry
Pablotek
#4
Pablotek
20 years ago
Bardzo nieprzemyślany projekt.Nie podoba mi się!
herrlich
#3
herrlich
20 years ago
Robi niesamowite wrazenie, F.L. Wright potrafil zaskakiwac
Nikki
#2
Nikki
20 years ago
Bilbao to jest cos.. chociaz ta biel.. :)
Dominik
#1
Dominik
20 years ago
Mi się podoba. Szkoda, że to nie w Polsce.

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