Crystal Cathedral Campus, Welcoming Center (Garden Grove, CA) : Detail, exterior stair tower
- Creator:
- Richard Meier & Partners, founded 1983
- Published/Created:
- 12141 South Lewis St., Garden Grove, California, United States
1998-2003 - Physical Description:
- 58,000 ft2 (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 12/27/2012
- Materials:
- embossed stainless steel cladding; glass; steel
- Notes:
- The Welcoming Center designed by Richard Meier, 2003, is located in tripartite arrangement in relation to the Crystal Cathedral designed by Philip Johnson in 1980, and the Tower of Hope and Arboretum (formerly the Garden Grove Community Church), designed by Richard Neutra in 1966 and 1962, respectively. The circular, triangular, and rectangular-shaped buildings surround a shared courtyard. This visitor's center for the Crystal Cathedral campus features a 300-seat auditorium and café built into a sunken piazza at the lower level. On the main level, a large atrium artfully brings down natural light through tapered lanterns that also serve as thermal chimneys. As with most of Meier's designs, the pure white interiors capture the natural color of the light through the day. On the exterior, embossed stainless steel creates a polished and ethereal appearance. [The campus is now owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese and will be renamed in 2013].
- Variant Titles:
- International Center for Possibility Thinking
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-MR-WCCC-A20
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
visitors' centers (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:
- buildings; information centers (facilities); visitors' centers
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
12/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10891770
- PID:
- digcoll:1795487