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Open balconies...

Balconies at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, I.M. Pei and John L. Sullivan III, Lead Designers
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University
I.M. Pei and John L. Sullivan III, Lead Designers / Photo © Jackie Craven
I.M. Pei and the architects in his firm wanted to create animated exhibition areas that would create a sense of light and movement.

For the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, they designed a complex grid of balconies and stairways with open views of floors above and below.

  1. Bold yet transparent...
  2. Towered display spaces...
  3. Horizontal windows...
  4. Cantilevered spaces...
  5. Open balconies...
  6. Flowing lines...
  7. Spiral stairway...
  8. Frank Lloyd Wright glass displays...
  9. Richly textured concrete...
  10. Open to the sky...

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