The Circle Gallery
Frank Lloyd Wright
San Francisco, California
Terri
Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.
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The Circle Gallery Frank Lloyd Wright San Francisco, California
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About the building: The Circle Gallery is a little known, little published work of Frank Lloyd Wright from 1940. It is located on a small side street off of Union Square in San Francisco. A small sign at the lower back of the interior of the gallery warns that the building is made of plain, unreinforced concrete. The Gallery has changed use many times over the years -- from a jewellery shop, to art gallery and on my most recent visit, selling native American Indian artifacts. It was clearly a precedent for the Guggenheim Museum of New York, with the use of the spiral viewing ramp overlooking the central space.
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View
down street of shop front. |
Entry
elevation. |
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Entry
elevation. |
Detail
of brick arch barrel vault. |
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Detail
of brickwork and stone inlay. |
Detail
of brickwork and lighting inlay. |
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Overview of
interior looking down at entry. |
View of interior. |
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View from upper
level looking down at entry. |
View looking
up at suspended glass bubble ceiling. |
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last updated March 8, 2008 |
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