COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
Musée d'Orsay
Title:
General view into the museum, from top of northeast tower, depicting lateral terraces
Alternate Title:
Gare d'Orsay
View:
General view into the museum, from top of northeast tower, depicting lateral terraces
Creators:
ACT Architecture (French architectural firm, founded ca. 1978); Gaetana Aulenti (Italian architect, 1927-2012); Victor Alexandre Frédéric Laloux (French architect, 1850-1937)
Date:
1898-1900 (creation); 1980-1986 (alteration)
Style/Period:
Beaux-Arts; Postmodern
Location:
site: Musée d'Orsay (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Location Note:
62, rue de Lille
GPS:
+48.85998+2.326338
Culture:
French
Materials:
glass; stone; cast iron; tile
Work Types:
buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums; buildings; transportation buildings; railway buildings; railroad stations
Description:
The Gare d'Orsay was opened in 1900 (to coincide with the Exposition Universelle) but with cessation of rail service in 1939 to the station because of the short platforms, lay abandoned until it was transformed into an art gallery and re-opened as the Musée d'Orsay in 1986. [Parts of the building, including the hotel had remained in use until 1973.] The change from steam to non-polluting electric power traction inside allowed the original rail station to be designed in an opulent single integrated space which influenced later large railway stations in the US. ACT Architecture members: Renaud Bardon, Pierre Colboc and Jean-Paul Philippon. (Source: Musée d'Orsay [website]; http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/)
Classification:
Architecture and City Planning
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A1-AG-MO-C4
MDID Identifier:
125
Archivision Set:
Archivision Base Collection
Measurements:
32 x 40 x 138 m (length, Great Hall)
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