Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building (Kansas City, MO) : Lower four pavilions, detail showing door handle

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-C1

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 door knob

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:

10156462

PID:

digcoll:2340025