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.
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Year Created LocationBrentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California 1 Primary Material Building Type Construction Connections
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Source Richard Meier (Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate page)
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Modernist museum campus in Los Angeles, designed by Richard Meier.
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Richard Meier's late-modernist design.
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Source Getty Center (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, US, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
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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
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Located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles
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opened to the public on December 16, 1997
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The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, US, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
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The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, US, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
View the Source Richard Meier (Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate page)
Created By: Richard Meier, BiographyQuote, Created By: Richard Meier, Biography
he was awarded what is probably one of the twentieth century's most important commissions, the design of The Getty Center
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