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Catalog Level:
item
Type:
art center
building complex
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Components/Parts-Quantity: 6
Type:
buildings
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Classification
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Terms:
architecture
Modern art
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Titles or Names
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Text:
Getty Center
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Creation
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Creator Description:
Richard Meier (American, born 1934); Richard Meier
& Partners (American, contemporary), for the J.
Paul Getty Trust (American, founded 1953)
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Identity:
Meier, Richard
Role:
architect
Identity:
Richard Meier & Partners
Role:
architectural firm
Identity:
J. Paul Getty Trust
Role:
patron
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Creation Date:
designed: 1984-1991, constructed: 1991-1997
Date Qualifier: design
Earliest:
1984 Latest:
1991
Date Qualifier: construction
Earliest:
1984 Latest:
1991
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description:
6-building complex; 139,354.56 square m of construction
(1,500,000 square feet) on a 44.51 hectare site (110-acre)
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Dimensions Extent: construction area
Value: 139354.56 Unit: square
m Type: area
Dimensions Extent: site
Value: 44.51 Unit: hectare
Type: area
Dimensions Extent: buildings
Value: 6 Type: count
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Materials and Techniques
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Description:
steel frame clad in white enamel, cleft-cut travertine,
and glass
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Material Names:
travertine
enamel
metal
glass
Technique Name: steel frame
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
architecture
art
museum
research
cultural
center
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Descriptive Note
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Text: Six-building hillside complex.
The site is extensively landscaped. Buildings are
clad in cleft-cut Italian travertine and white enamel
panels; campus is organized around a central arrival
plaza. These non-load-bearing slabs have visible joints
and are held in place by stainless steel anchors.
The angular grid of the design is mitigated by curvilinear
design elements and a large garden. The Getty Center
sits on a hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains, just
off the San Diego Freeway. From there, visitors can
take in the disparate aspects of Los Angeles' landscape-the
Pacific Ocean, the San Gabriel Mountains, and the
vast street-grid of the city.
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Citation: The Getty online
Page: accessed 12 June 2004
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Related Work
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Relationship Type: related to
Related Object/Work Label/Identification: Getty
Villa, Malibu (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Remarks: While they were constructed
in two different building campaigns by different architects
and they occupy different sites, each facility was
constructed to house the Getty's collections of art
works.
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Los Angeles (California, United States)
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Revised 25 February 2010
