East Building, NGA

The 1978 East Building of the National Gallery of Art uses triangular geometry and an atrium of daylight to guide circulation.

An acute-angled plan responding to the site gives the exterior its distinctive identity.

Stone, glass, and skylights express the language of the modern museum.

The plaza and underground link to the West Building turn the complex into a museum campus.

Modernism

Architect I. M. Pei