Architectural model, Morgan Library atrium, 2009. Central atrium of the Morgan Library. Built: 2006. Architect: Renzo Piano. The atrium was added as part of an expansion project which integrated the three existing buildings on the Morgan's campus and added additional exhibition space. The exterior marble wall of the original McKim, Mead & White library building appears on the left. The vitrine contains a scale model of Charles McKim's landmarked Italian Renaissance-inspired building.
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Local Subjects
Pierpont Morgan Library
Museum architecture
Renovation (Architecture)
Architectural models
Interior architecture
Museum buildings
Contemporary
Lobbies
Atriums (interior spaces)
Glass
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Note
2006
Digitized by Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.