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
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
How many meters have Guggenheim Museum?
Height of Guggenheim Museum is 23,63 meters
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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