The Guggenheim - The Building

The Building

	The Guggenheim's appearance in downtown Manhattan creates an immense contrast with the very typical boxy buildings that surround it. With having such a unique structure form (shape), distinguished colour and texture, it is emphasized strongly in its location. The building is a symphony of triangles, ovals, arcs, circles, and squares. As a pedestrian, you would think the building resembled a white ribbon curled into a cylindrical stack, with the top slightly wider than the bottom. The building is classified under the context of "urban" and possesses a modern/futuristic style.
On the interior, the viewing gallery forms a gentle spiral from the ground level up to the top of the building. Paintings are displayed along the walls of the spiral and also in viewing rooms found at stages along the way. Criticized issues with the structure design: - It overshadows the artworks displayed within. - Rather difficult to properly hang paintings in the shallow windowless exhibition niches.

The Guggenheim's appearance in downtown Manhattan creates an immense contrast with the very typical boxy buildings that surround it. With having such a unique structure form (shape), distinguished colour and texture, it is emphasized strongly in its location. The building is a symphony of triangles, ovals, arcs, circles, and squares. As a pedestrian, you would think the building resembled a white ribbon curled into a cylindrical stack, with the top slightly wider than the bottom. The building is classified under the context of "urban" and possesses a modern/futuristic style.

On the interior, the viewing gallery forms a gentle spiral from the ground level up to the top of the building. Paintings are displayed along the walls of the spiral and also in viewing rooms found at stages along the way.

Criticized issues with the structure design:

- It overshadows the artworks displayed within.

- Rather difficult to properly hang paintings in the shallow windowless exhibition niches.