The McMath-Pierce Facility

Item

Title: The McMath-Pierce Facility
Alternative Title: Kitt Peak National Observatory
Creator: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, established 1939)
City: Kitt Peak, Arizona, United States
Address: Sells, AZ 85634
GPS: 31.958359313748993, -111.59529988145292
Country: United States
Date Created: 1962
Century: 20th Century
Classification: Architecture and City Planning
Building Type: observatories; research buildings
Style/Period: Modernism
Cultural Context: American
Materials: concrete; steel
Subject: Angled Façade
Source: Texas Tech University College of Architecture
Photographer: Walt Calvert
Date of Photography: Mar-75
Access Rights: Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

Item sets: All Faculty Collections; Texas Tech University College of Architecture Collection

Media: https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/24COA_1_317.jpg

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, established 1939), “The McMath-Pierce Facility”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed January 11, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/49378