Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

New York, N.Y., 1943-1946, 1955-1959


Presentation Drawing, evening mood

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Frank Lloyd Wright , United States

The Guggenheim museum in New York belongs to one of Wright’s last designs. While the first drawings were made already in 1943, construction did not take place until 1959, shortly after his death.

The motive behind this exhibition building lies in its spiralling gallery, which winds itself upwards around a central hall. The visitor takes the elevator from the entrance hall to the top floor and from there slowly perambulates along the gallery - past the paintings - back to the ground floor below.

The interior space is lit up by natural light through the grand glass cupola above the central hall and through small slits in the wall above the paintings.

Contrary to Wright’s designs for residences, which are embedded into the landscape, this building does not open itself to its environment. It gives rise to an inwardly focused space which creates an atmosphere of concentration for the visitor.

Frank Lloyd Wright
UNITED STATES
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