Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT) : View of the service/loading dock area and the north façade (after 2007 restoration)

Creator:

Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974

Published/Created:

1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1951-1953 ; 2004-2007 (restoration)

Date Depicted:

8/15/2008
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

brick
concrete
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:

Modern
Modernist

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A1-KL-YA-D2

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:

architectural exteriors; Art museums construction buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Base Collection

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/15/2008

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10089321

PID:

digcoll:1814939