ID: 700000194 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000194	Record Type: Built Work

East Building (museum (building); I. M. Pei (American architect, born 1917 in China); East Building 1978)

Note: Located in: Washington, District of Columbia, United States. The East Wing extension to the National Gallery sits on a difficult triangular site. However, Pei was able to exploit this feature, giving his wedge-shaped building a sense of presence and sculptural purpose. A post-tensioned concrete structure. This building helped to shape attitudes to museum building throughout the United States in the 1970s and later.

Titles:

East Building (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

East Building, National Gallery (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

East Wing (C,U,English,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

museum (building) [300005768] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: East Building 1978

Creator Display:

I. M. Pei (American architect, born 1917 in China) [preferred,VP]

Pei, I. M. (1917-), American, architect ; I.M. Pei & Partners (1966-1989), firm; Cobb, Henry Nichols (1926-), American, architect [,BWR]

architect Pei, I. M. (American architect, 1917-2019, born in China) [500029268]

administrator National Gallery of Art (American art museum, Washington, DC, established 1937) [500115983]

architectural firm I. M. Pei & Partners (American architectural firm, established 1955) [500033103]

Cobb, Henry Nichols (American architect, 1926-2020) [500016217]

Locations:

Washington [7013962] DC (national district), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: post-tensioned concrete, stone cladding

	siding (material) [300014861]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, finishing (building material))

	limestone [300011286]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock)

	post-tensioned prestressed concrete [300010773]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, concrete, <concrete by technique>, prestressed concrete)

Dimensions: 8.8 acre site with 126,000 sqare feet of exhibition space

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,identification,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

............... National Gallery of Art

Sources and Contributors:
East Building	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Hunt, Encyclopedia of American Architecture, 2d ed., (1995)
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ BWR database (2010-)
East Building, National Gallery	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
East Wing	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3781323

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3781323

....................... BWR-03 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3781323

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 49525

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U290210

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Sharp, Twentieth Century Architecture (1972)
	..... BWR database (2010-)