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Architect	I. M. Pei	Subscribers - login to skip ads
Location	Washington, D.C.,   map
Date	1974 to 1978   timeline
Building Type	art museum, administrative offices
Construction System	post-tensioned concrete, stone cladding
Climate	temperate
Context	urban park setting
Style	Modern
Notes	Dramatic circulation space, triangular planning grid, semi-underground with pyramidal skylights. Calder mobile in atrium. (Firm name I. M. Pei and Partners).
Images	Photo, main facade overview Photo, angled view of front Photo, interior view of atrium GreatBuildings Images Google Images Google Videos Panoramio Images Photo, interior with balcony, bridge, and Calder mobile Photo, side facade More Images Aerial view of East Wing, National Gallery
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Discussion	East Wing, National Gallery Commentary "The new East Wing extension to the National Gallery, Washington D.C., sits on a difficult triangular site. However, Pei was able to exploit this feature, giving his wedge-shaped building a marvelous sense of presence and sculptural purpose. A post-tensioned concrete structure, this extension to Washington's major art gallery follows the triangular shape of its Fourth Avenue site. It is situated on an 8.8 acre site with some 110,000 sq ft of main exhibition space and 16,000 sq ft of temporary exhibition areas. This building helped to shape attitudes to museum building throughout the United States in the 1970s and later." — Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p379. Details 8.8 acre triangular site, 110,000 sq ft of main exhibition space plus 16,000 sq ft of temporary exhibition space. American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 2004 Address Madison Drive and 4th Street, on the Mall. Telephone: 202-737-4215.
Resources	GreatBuildings Resources Amazon Books Sources on East Wing, National Gallery"25-Year Award to Pei's East Wing", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 183, 2004.0225, pN1.1. Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. grid geometry diagram, p195.   Updated edition available at Amazon.com Donald Corner and Jenny Young. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD.2260.1012.1841.025. PCD.2260.1012.1841.021 Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. ISBN 0-442-01328-0. LC 92-18415. NA2750.H48. model, p40. exterior photo from across plaza, p41. Ernest and Kathleen Meredith. Slides from photographers' collection. William S. Saunders. Modern Architecture—Photographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. interior photo, p140, 141. — A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by the master of architectural photography, reissued Fall 1999. Get it while you can. Available at Amazon.com Marcus Whiffen and Frederick Koeper. American Architecture, Volume 2. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. exterior photo, f334, p419.   An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com Carter Wiseman. I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. NA 737.P365 W57 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3709-3. LC 90-30727. site plan, p165. elevation, p162-3. ground floor plan, p166. main gallery (level 4) floor plan, p167. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com  Find books about East Wing, National Gallery