Masterful Placemaking Beside the Mall

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Summary

Discusses the new "quadrangle", including the National Museum of African Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Enid A. Haupt garden, and an underground complex. Describes former Secretary S. Dillon Ripley's ideas for the complex and the actual designs of architect Jean-Paul Carlhian. Includes photographs and drawings of the buildings and the garden.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Sackler, Arthur M
  • Carlhian, Jean-Paul
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Architecture Vol. vol. 76, no. 11 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

November 1987

Topic

  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Gifts
  • History
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Art objects
  • Art--History
  • Buildings

Place

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Physical description

pp. 43-48

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