This exterior composition of Vivian Beaumont Theater was considered a success among such typologies. The steel pin construction connecting the attic to the columns is supported by two inverted, pyramidal bronze caps. Then comes the glass curtain wall that encloses the interior while providing visual access to Lincoln Center Plaza North. This huge mass is supported by square columns, made up of exposed aggregate concrete. Structurally, there is a prominent concrete attic that draws viewers’ attention due to its huge mass and horizontal planar form. The frontal façade of the theater is of spartan outlook. The exterior of the Vivian Beaumont Theater was kept simple but elegant, giving the square a clean and refreshing look. View from the Plaza_ © /asset/philharmonic-hall-and-vivian-beaumont-theater-site-shot/ Style Incorporating all these diversely harmonious features, Lincoln center plaza North was praised to have a contemporary look while not overlooking the twentieth-century principles. This refers to the ticket window located near this sculpture. He called it Le Guichet, which means ticket window in French. The sculpture, composed of a series of spindly steel plates, that resembled a spider. This sculpture is located near the museum and library space. There is one more statue sculpted by Alexander Calder. This statue added to the amity and warmth of the plaza because of its relaxing posture. It is said that this statue is inspired by the pre-Columbian goddess Chacmool. This lounging female figure is about sixteen feet tall. At its center is a 120-foot by 80-foot reflecting pool that adds to the diversity of the plaza and resting in this pool is Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure statue. This plaza, unlike the main plaza, is lined with vegetation on the southern part, that is to the north of the Metropolitan opera house. The prominent façade facing a large open plaza known as Hearst Plaza. In the Lincoln center complex, this combination of theatre, museum and library was located on the far west of the Philharmonic Hall, to the north of the Metropolitan opera house. Eero Saarinen’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and Gordon Bunshaft’s Lincoln Center performing arts Library and Museum, are internally separated but had their exterior design as a unifying factor that is designed such that it makes both the spaces seem as one single structure. Vivian Beaumont Theater was seamlessly and elegantly built. Plan of Vivian Beaumont Theater_ © /asset/philharmonic-hall-and-vivian-beaumont-theater-site-shot/ section of the theater_©-hall-and-vivian-beaumont-theater-site-shot Planning And an optimistic hope for making the hardest of the things possible. They captured an era of technology, putting futuristic thoughts into it. His works stood as a symbolic representation of its time. But the only thing that was common in all of his works is the refinement of form. Maybe, this was one reason as to why his works were so diverse that it was difficult to imagine that they were indeed designed by the same architect. He made bold decisions and executed them with confidence. After all, Eero Saarinen was famous for his varying style according to the demand of the project. But rather it fits perfectly with all other structures in the Lincoln center so harmoniously that very few could notice that these buildings were designed by different architects. His design for Vivian Beaumont Theater wasn’t bold and eye-catchy like his other works. View of Vivian Beaumont Theater_ © /asset/philharmonic-hall-and-vivian-beaumont-theater-site-shot/ Design philosophy | Vivian Beaumont Theater This Finnish-American architect was born in 1910 to an architect-sculptor couple, Eliel Saarinen and Loja Saarinen. Eero Saarinen was a trend-setting modernist architect known for his neo-futuristic architecture.
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