Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building (Kansas City, MO) : Entry pavilion, general view, looking southeast and showing the north (left) and west (right) elevations
- Creator:
- Holl, Steven, 1947-
- Published/Created:
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
1999-2007 - Date Depicted:
- 4/1/2007
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete
etched glass
steel - Notes:
- Slender and elongated, the majority of the Bloch Building exists under ground along the east side of the original Nelson-Atkins Building. Rising from the building's 840-foot expanse are five freestanding structures or "lenses" that emerge from the ground
- Variant Titles:
- Bloch Building
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Minimalist
Twenty-first century - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-HS-BA-A2
- 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; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums; educational construction buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums A collaborative effort with artist Walter De Maria. De Maria’s sculpture, One Sun /34 Moons, is the cent
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Three
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/1/2007 - 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:
- 10156437
- PID:
- digcoll:2329368