Plans for South Quad Project Approved

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Summary

The National Capital Planning Commission approves conceptual plans for the South Quadrangle project. In approving this project, the NCPC "disagreed with a report by its staff which contended that the structure planned for MAA would not give the Museum sufficient prominence." The Committee suggested alternate locations near the National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of American Art, now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, but Museum of African Art director Warren Robbins reminded the Commission of his desire for the Museum to be on the National Mall.

Subject

  • Robbins, Warren M
  • Museum of African Art (U.S.)
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • South Yard

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," February 1981, p. 1.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 8, 1981

Topic

  • Design
  • Architecture
  • Controversies
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Building
  • Architectural design

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