Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
VRA Core
Title
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Agent
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
Location
New York, New York, United States
Date
1942-1959 (creation)
20th century
Style Period
Modernist
Cultural Context
American
Worktype
museums
Material
Precast concrete blocks
steel
glass
Subject
Architecture and City Planning
architectural exteriors
architectural interiors
Art museums
Description
View of atrium rising 92 feet toward glass dome with partial view of the continuous ramp
[New addition made in 1992 by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates, Architects.] The spiral first appeared in Wright's work as a motor car ramp leading to a mountain-top planetarium overlook (1925
unexecuted) but did not appear again until the first designs for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1943), New York, resulting in the extraordinary (and functionally controversial) upwardly expanding helix of the main gallery (built 1956-1959).
Rights
© Javier Gomez
ID
GOMEZAT3184
Source
Javier Gomez
State Edition
35 mm slides
Collection
Citation
Wright, Frank Lloyd, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1942-1959 (creation), New York, New York, United States, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Javier Gomez. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/17350.
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