Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
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New York, New York, United States
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United States
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1942-1959 (creation)
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20th century
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Architecture and City Planning
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Modernist
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American
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Precast concrete blocks
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steel
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glass
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architectural exteriors
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architectural interiors
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Art museums
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Partial view of atrium rising 92 feet toward glass dome with 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
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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).
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Javier Gomez
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Javier Gomez
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© Javier Gomez
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Texas Tech University Libraries
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Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959), “Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum”, Arch Design Images, accessed September 22, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/37331