Friday 5 September 2014

I M Pei / National Gallery Pyramids

(From the archives of 2012)


Situated between the main National Gallery of Art and I.M.Pei's East Wing  (1978), glass pyramids decorate the plaza and allow light into the concourse below. Washington D.C.

National Gallery of Art / East Wing

Designed by I.M.Pei, 1978. Wedge-shaped post-tensioned concrete frame clad in pink marble, now undergoing major structural repair. Pyramidal skylights on plaza transmitting light to concourse from main building. Washington D.C.