Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Item
- Title
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Alternative Title
- The Guggenheim
- Creator
- Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
- City
- New York City, New York, United States
- Address
- 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
- GPS
- 40°46'58.5"N 73°57'32.4"W
- Country
- United States
- Date Created
- 1956-1959
- Century
- 20th Century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Style/Period
- Modernist
- Cultural Context
- American
- Materials
- concrete
- Techniques
- reinforced concrete
- Subject
- ramp galleries
- cylindrical
- lighting fixtures
- Description
- partial view, interior view
- Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the museum is considered an icon of 20th century architecture with its cylindrical gallery wider at the top than the bottom, the interior of which features unique ramp galleries extending up from ground level in a long, continuous spiral along the outer edges of the building, ending under a large skylight.
- Source
- Michael Peters
- Photographer
- Michael Peters
- Rights Holder
- © Michael Peters
- © Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
- Item sets
- Michael Peters Collection
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959), “Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed July 14, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/42124