I was delighted to finally visit the Guggenheim Museum during our trip to New York last week. I’ve been a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture for many years and I think it’s fair to say that this one is one if his signature designs.
Wright was initially approached to design a building for Solomon R. Guggenheim’s collection in 1943 but it took until 1959 before the building was completed. The central feature is a spiral ramp climbing around the interior of the round main section of the building. For an art gallery, this works extremely well especially when the building was constrained to a limited footprint. Visitors can travel the whole length of an exhibit in a single, unbroken line with no need to pause and climb stairs.
On a totally different note, while thinking back to our New York trip, I am also keeping my fingers firmly crossed for all my friends in the north east this morning as Hurricane Sandy pummels the area. Hang in there folks!
That’s pretty awesome Dave…it has a little Austin Cap feel
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Wow, very cool composition and very interesting subject! Sounds like a cool place to visit.
I don’t know how I missed this one. Great stuff.
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