Everson Museum of Art
 Great Buildings  Search  Advanced  Buildings  Architects  Types  Places  3D Models  Pix  Archiplanet   ArchitectureWeek  
Architect I. M. Pei
Subscribers - login to skip ads
Location Syracuse, New York   map
Date 1968   timeline
Building Type art museum
 Construction System site-cast concrete
Climate temperate
Context suburban
Style Modern
Notes free-standing curving concrete stair
Images

 


Photo, exterior, street side

Photo
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Drawings

 


Plan Drawing, lower level

Plan Drawing, upper level

Section Drawing
Perspective Drawing

Discussion Everson Museum of Art Commentary

I. M. Pei's building embodies the modern art of the museum: like the free-standing curving concrete stair that is a sculptural element in space, without upstaging the art in the museum.

Resources
Sources on Everson Museum of Art

Michael Brawne. The New Museum. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1965. exterior perspective , p157, plate 1. plan, p156. Section, p156. top

Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. separated units diagram, p167. — Available at Amazon.com

William S. Saunders. Modern Architecture—Photographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. interior photo, p144. — A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by the master of architectural photography. Available at Amazon.com

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com

Amazon.com  Find books about Everson Museum of Art


 

Loading...
Web Resources
Links on Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of ArtThe museum's own web site, with good info on their I. M. Pei building.

Everson Museum of Art at ArchiplanetFind, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration

We appreciate your  suggestions  for links about Everson Museum of Art.

Loading...
 Great Buildings  Search   Model Viewing Tips   DW   Discussion   Blogs   Books   Archiplanet   ArchitectureWeek  
Subscribe free to weekly design and building newsletters by ArchitectureWeek

Quick Search by name of Building, Architect, or Place:   
Examples:  "Fallingwater",  "Wright",  "Paris"       Advanced Search
Send this to a friend | Contribute | Subscribe | Link | Credits | Media Kit | Photo Licensing | Suggestions

Special thanks to our sustaining subscribers including
BuilderSpace.com, and Saniflo Upflush.
 

© 1994-2013 Artifice, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Everson_Museum_of_Art.html