ID: 700009542 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009542	Record Type: Built Work
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Atheneum Visitors Center (visitors' center; Richard Meier, architect; Richard Meier & Partners Architect...; 1975 - 1979; New Harmony (Posey, Indiana, United States, North and Centra...)

Note: Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Richard Meier, the Atheneum has received numerous design awards, including the Progressive Architecture Award for 1979, the American Institute of Architects Award in 1982, and the Twenty-five Year Award in 2008. Funded by the Indianapolis Lilly Endowment in 1976, with the help of the Krannert Charitable Trust, it was opened on October 10, 1979. The Atheneum, located near the banks of the Wabash River at the edge of New Harmony, is the starting point for the tour of the historic town, and is intended to serve as a center for visitor orientation and cultural community events. Its architecture is conceived in terms of the linked ideas of architectural promenade and historical journey of one of America’s most significant utopian communities. The ideal vision of the relationship between habitation and social life exists in the restored architecture of New Harmony.

Titles:

Atheneum Visitors Center (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Atheneum (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

New Harmony's Atheneum (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

visitors' center [300005862] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, information handling facilities, information centers (facilities))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1975 - 1979

Creator Display:

Richard Meier, architect; Richard Meier & Partners Architects [preferred]

architect Meier, Richard (American architect, born 1934) [500031375]

architectural firm Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP (American architectural firm, contemporary) [500115915]

Locations:

Current: New Harmony [7014208] Posey county (county), Indiana (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 38.131811°N 87.938545°W ; 401 N. Arthur Street New Harmony, IN 47631

Display Materials: steel frame, porcelain enameled cladding

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	porcelain enamel [300014915]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, enamel (fused coating))

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Atheneum Visitors Center	........ [VP]
	........ University of Southern Indiana [online] (2000-) https://www.usi.edu/outreach/historic-new-harmony/about/atheneum-visitors-center/
Atheneum	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-)
New Harmony's Atheneum	........ [VP]
	........ Great Buildings Online (1997-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP [online] (2000-) http://www.richardmeier.com/?projects=the-atheneum-2

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Great Buildings Online (1997-)
	..... Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP [online] (2000-)
	..... University of Southern Indiana [online] (2000-)