Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT) : Stairwell, view looking up showing triangular roof structure with round clearstory window, detail
- Creator:
- Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974
- Published/Created:
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1951-1953 ; 2004-2007 (restoration) - Date Depicted:
- 2008
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete; brick; glass; steel
- Notes:
- The Yale University Art Gallery was Louis I. Kahn's first significant commission and is widely considered his first masterpiece. Designed while Kahn was a visiting critic at the Yale School of Architecture, the building--the first of three art museums that he would design--represented a dramatic point of departure for American museum architecture as a whole. Constructed of brick, concrete, glass, and steel, and presenting a windowless wall along its most public façade, the building was a radical break from the neo-Gothic buildings that characterize much of the campus, including the adjacent Swartwout building. Kahn's design has been celebrated not only for its beauty, geometry, and light, but also for its structural and engineering innovations. Among these is the housing of electrical and ventilating systems in hollow concrete tetrahedrons that make up the ceiling, appearing to float overhead. The building was restored in 2007.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modernist
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-KL-YA-K22
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings: art museums (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- interior architectural exteriors; Art museums Modernist buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums View taken (2008) after restorations in 2007.
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2008 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10053291
- PID:
- digcoll:1785665