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Saturday, November 19, 2022

Symmetry Saturday NC Museum of Art

 The museum's architectural design is 'interesting'. It has undergone many additions and renovations since it opened in 1983**.

We love the museum trail, the out of doors art displays.  You would never expect to see the beautiful interior hiding behind the symmetrical exterior.


Original location opened in April  of 1956  in downtown Raleigh.   It quickly outgrew that location.

**Blue Ridge Road and the Stone Building

In 1967, the present-day Blue Ridge Road site was chosen as the location for a new building, as the museum had outgrown the Morgan Street location. Designed by Edward Durrell Stone and Associates of New York and Holloway-Reeves Architects of North Carolina, the new building opened in 1983, under the directorship of Edgar Peters Bowron (1981-1985). Stone used spatial experimentation with pure geometric form for the museum by using a square as a basic unit and designing the entire site by manipulating the square form. This was Stone's last major design prior to his death. After he died in 1978, the exterior was changed from white marble to red brick.[5]


13 comments:

  1. Interesting form. But just like anything, the best is what is inside that counts.

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  2. looks like box cars to me... agree with Annie, it is what is inside. wondering if it has any windows in the parts we can't see

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  3. Hari Om
    A stark contrast creates a visual gem! YAM xx

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  4. Thank you for stopping by our blog and for the nice welcome to North Carolina. And thanks for this post. I am looking forward to exploring NC and I love art so now NC Museum of Art is at the top of my list.

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  5. "Interesting" is right. It looks more like an industrial building. I am glad the interior is much better though.

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  6. Interesting and great symmetry for this Saturday. Good Morning!

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  7. That's not the most beautiful building but it sure has symmetry.

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  8. It sounds like the makeovers have been successful and necessary.

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  9. Hugs to Angel Madi ~ clean lines of museum ~ Xo

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka(A Creative Harbor)

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  10. It is an "interesting" building. But the art inside is what's most important.

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  11. I swear again and yet again. I HAVE to get to Raleigh!

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  12. You are right,, I would never guess there was beautiful art in there. xO

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