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| Architect | James Stewart Polshek |
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| Location | New York, New York map | ||
| Date | 2000 timeline | ||
| Building Type | natural history museum, planetarium, science museum | ||
| Construction System | glass and steel | ||
| Climate | temperate | ||
| Context | urban | ||
| Style | Modern | ||
| Notes | A solid sphere within a transparent cube. | ||
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| Discussion | Rose Center for Earth and Space Commentary
The Rose Center for Earth and Space by James Stewart Polshek, Polshek and Partners, is the new premiere high-tech museum and planetarium facility of the American Museum of Natural History, replacing its predecessor, the much-loved Hayden Planetarium. The Creator's Word's "This icon science machine has become a cosmic cathedral..." James Stewart Polshek, on the Charlie Rose television show, PBS, 2000.0211. Details On the same location as the well-known previous Hayden Planetarium, at Central Park West and West 81st Street, part of the four-block American Museum of Natural History complex. Opened February 19, 2000. | ||
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Sources on Rose Center for Earth and Space
"Cosmic Trip: The Rose Center for Earth and Space ", by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek No. 1, 2000.0517, p1. "A design crossing time and space : New York City's new planetarium." Soren Larson. Architectural Record, vol. 187 number 5, May 1999. p 105.
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Links on Rose Center for Earth and Space
American Museum of Natural History The official web site. Rose Center for Earth and Space at Archiplanet Find, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration
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