What an unusally striking building...what,may I ask is the outer skin made of, would that be "Stucco"?????
What an unusally striking building...what,may I ask is the outer skin made of, would that be "Stucco"?????
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Richard Meier + Renzo Piano - High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1983-2005
https://www.inexhibit.com/mymuseum/high-museum-art-atlanta-ga/
Originally shared by Inexhibit
Richard Meier + Renzo Piano - High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1983-2005
https://www.inexhibit.com/mymuseum/high-museum-art-atlanta-ga/
Scott Clute, I don't know what the main building is made from, but here is what the expansion is constructed of on the outside. (from the article you posted)
ReplyDeleteI would doubt stucco, as other photos in the post are highly polished, perhaps white marble?
Renzo Piano’s expansion
Completed in 2005, the High Museum of Art 177-square-foot expansion designed by Renzo Piano more than doubled the museum’s surface area. Located south and west of Meier’s building, the extension comprises three buildings clad in white aluminum panels – the large Wieland Pavilion, the Anne Cox Chambers Wing special collections pavilion, and an administrative building – flanking a plaza in a campus-like configuration.
The flat roofs of the two pavilions feature a special roof system composed of 1,000 circular light scoops which capture northern light and convey it into the galleries to provide natural lighting for the artworks on show there.
I have not heard of stucco on the outside of buildings. I would think it would be to fragile to be durable to the elements? Also, it would tend to crumble with impact. I am not an architect, so if someone knows otherwise, please let me know? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYES OSHI Shikigami, Stucco is utilized on most buildings (residential & Commercial) in Southern California especially where the climate is very dry-low humidity. therefore no moisture content to avoid mold from building up beneath the surface of stucco!!!
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