Quad project by Yoshimura

ID: SIA2012-5289 or SIA-1181

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1979

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30-A, Folder: 28

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Summary

First model for the South Quadrangle project, designed by Junzo Yoshimura. View of model looking north shows Smithsonian Building, Arts and Industries Building, and Freer Gallery framing the two new underground museums. In the proposal each has a sunken court and the Victorian Garden from the Bicentennial remains as a centerpiece.

Subject

  • Yoshimura, Junzō 1908-1997
  • South Yard

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photos given to SIA by James Goode, May 2, 1980.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30-A, Folder: 28

Contact information

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

Date

1979

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Models (representations)
  • Grounds
  • New Museums
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Model

ID Number

SIA2012-5289 or SIA-1181

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Model; Medium: Photographic print

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