Guggenheim Museum

By Lucy Robbins

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Driving Question

How does the Guggenheim museum relate to geometry?

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Why this topic interests me

This topic interests me because the building
of the Guggenheim Museum has a shape that I have never seen before. The exterior of this building is very extravagant and really caught my eye. I really enjoy Frank Lloyd Wright as an architect because his complex designs.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

He was born on June 8, 1867 and died on April 9, 1959 When he was a kid, his parents gave him building blocks and he would create things with them all day. That is how his passion started Wright has designed buildings in 36 of our 50 states. Thats 72% of the United States

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History
The Guggenheim Museum opened in on October 21, 1959 which was opened 6 months before his death It took 749 sketches and 16 years to build It took $3 million to build the Guggenheim Museum 900,000-1,000,000 visitors visit the museum each year. The outside of the museum was rst built with gunite and a mixture of sand and cement which was sprayed on the inside of the frame. !"#"$%#"&'%#"$%(%#)%(%#*+,-#")*#.*''*+#'*/%,0#1*(#'20%2'#/%0&3+4#%&"$%(# "$%#5%62786("0#96,6.%#0"-,%#*(#"$%#&+"%(+6"&*+6,#0"-,%#96:&,&*+;#<(6+=#)6+"%/# "*#.(%6"%#6+#*(&3&+6,#52"#9%(0*+6,#52&,/&+3 1943-1959.

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Geometry of the Guggenheim Museum

The Guggenheim building is made of 700 tons of steel and 7,000 cubic feet of poured concrete. The building was created with no right angles. It is mainly created out of arcs, circles, ovules, and triangles <(6+=#>,*-/#)(&3$"#20%/#"*+0#*1#3%*'%"(&.#0$69%0#5%.620%#$%#5%,&%:%/# "$6"#%6.$#0$69%#$6/#6#'%6+&+3;#<*(#%76'9,%4#$%#.*+0&/%(%/#"$6"#6#.&(.,%# '%6+"#&+?&+&"-#0*#"$6"#&0#)$-#$%#.(%6"%/#"$%#'20%2'#&+#6#.&(.2,6(# 0"(2."2(%;#@%#6,0*#"$*23$#"$6"#"(&6+3,%0#'%6+"#0"65&,&"-;

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Bibliography
"Guggenheim." Arts Curriculum. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. "Guggenheim." History. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. "Guggenheim Museum Opens in New York City." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. "Guggenheim Museum Turns 50: Here's 50 Facts about New York Institution." NY Daily News. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. "Guggenheim." The Frank Lloyd Wright Building. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014.

Robbins, Lucy

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