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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Detail · View of the sculpture garden at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Interior · Picture of American artist Jeffrey Gibson on stage at the Hirshhorn Museum during an artist's talk
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Museum · Brutalism

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Gordon Bunshaft (SOM) · Washington, D.C., US · 1974

Key featuresA hollow concrete drum raised on four piers rings a fountain court beside a sunken sculpture garden.

Architect
Gordon Bunshaft (SOM)
Place
Washington, D.C., US
Year
1974
Typology
Museum
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Americas
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