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Getty Center

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The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust. The 1.3 billion dollar center opened to the public on December 16, 1997, and is well known for its architecture, gardens and views overlooking Los Angeles, sitting atop a hill connected to a visitors' parking garage at the bottom by a three car, cable pulled hovertrain people mover.

Facts
Year Created
1997 1
Location
Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California 1
Primary Material
Travertine 1
Building Type
Museum campus 1
Construction
from 1989 1
Classification
Genre
Architecture 1
Connections

In Form

Modernist museum campus in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.

In Movement

Modernism, Movements

Richard Meier's late-modernist design.

In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Getty Center (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lede
    Located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles
  • Construction section
    construction by the Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company began in August 1989.
  • Design section
    Around 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of travertine was used to build the center
  • Lede, location sentence
    Located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles
  • Lede, opening date sentence
    opened to the public on December 16, 1997
  • Lede, campus description sentence
    The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
  • Genre reference
    The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
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