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photo: Carol M. Highsmith
Like the Wright’s Guggenheim Museum (#74), the V.C. Morris Gift Shop has as its central interior element a spiral ramp. On its brick exterior the building features a Romanesque portal arch. The curve of the arch is echoed throughout the interior detailing. The structure is one of 17 by Wright that the AIA has deemed essential for preservation.
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Comments (2)
This is the most delightful retail shop I have ever been in. It is a real treaure! What a brilliant concept!
Posted by Vernon Reed, FAIA | February 12, 2007 5:28 PM
Posted on February 12, 2007 17:28
This is a jewel of a building, but because of its secretive entrance it adds very little to the life of the street. Great architecture, terrible urban design.
Posted by David Solomon | February 16, 2007 4:44 PM
Posted on February 16, 2007 16:44