ID: 700001994 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001994	Record Type: Built Work
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Getty Center (complex (buildings and sites); Richard Meier (American, born 1934); Richard Meier & Partner...; designed: 1984-1991, construct...; Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California, United States, North a...)

Note: Complex of 12 buildings housing the Getty's collection of European and American art from the Middle Ages to the present. Design elements, gardens, and open spaces combine in the design by Richard Meier of the Getty Center to unite the parts of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Buildings contain the Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Foundation, the Getty Conservation Institute, the J. Paul Getty Trust, and meal facilities. Located in: Los Angeles, California, United States

Titles:

Getty Center (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,N)

The Getty (C,U,undetermined,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

complex (buildings and sites) [300000202] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name))

art center [300005138]

..... (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>, <social and civic buildings>, cultural centers (buildings))

center (built work) [300443970]

..... (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>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Modern art

Creation Date: designed: 1984-1991, constructed: 1991-1997

Creator Display:

Richard Meier (American, born 1934); Richard Meier & Partners (American, contemporary), for the J. Paul Getty Trust (American, founded 1953) [preferred,VP]

Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP (American architectural firm, contemporary) [,BWR]

architect Meier, Richard (American architect, born 1934) [500031375]

architectural firm Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP (American architectural firm, contemporary) [500115915]

patron J. Paul Getty Trust (American cultural and philanthropic organization, founded 1953) [500115987]

occupant Getty Research Institute (American research institute, part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, active from 1982) [500115990]

occupant J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (branch of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, opened 1997) [500329598]

occupant Getty Conservation Institute (American conservation institute, part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, active from the 1980s) [500115991]

Locations:

Current: Los Angeles [7023900] (Geographic)

Address Note: +34.0775,-118.475; Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, California

Other: Site Context: Getty Center [8711619] (Geographic)

Display Materials: steel frame clad in white enamel, cleft-cut travertine, and glass

	travertine [300011329]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock, limestone, <limestone by composition>, <limestone by composition: aggregate type>, sinter)

	enamel (fused coating) [300014910]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>)

	metal [300010900]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: 12-building complex; 139,354.56 square m of construction (1,500,000 square feet) on a 44.51 hectare site (110-acre)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	cultural center (institution) [300343609]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), institutions (organizations), <institutions by activity>) (AAT)

Related Works:

	member of same set/group .... Getty Villa [700001995]
	..........art museum (building); Langdon and Wilson, in consultation with Norman Neuerburg an...; constructed in the early 1970s...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Getty Center	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3775042; BWR3782037
	........ The Getty online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/visit/see_do/architecture.html
The Getty	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-)

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

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3782037

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

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

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3782037

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 46354

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U110135

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... The Getty online (2000-) accessed 4 October 2012, http://www.getty.edu/visit/see_do/architecture.html
	..... BWR database (2010-)