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#                 The Art of Architecture      

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From pyramids to cathedrals to sykscrapers, architecture reflects the societies and cultural values it originates from. As the built environment expands, the role of architects and architecture in realizing goals of sustainabilty, along with human aspiration, only increases in importance. Visit the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design museum for more on the role of architecture in our lives.
  -          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Architectural Design 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Design for a Palace Gate 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Skyscraper 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Design for a Skyscraper 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Two Skyscrapers, with Additional Elevation and Plan Views 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Study for Maximum Mass Permitted by the 1916 New York Zoning Law, Stage 4 
-          Smithsonian Archives - History Div        Architectural History of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1969 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Cortelyou Johnson 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Texas Commerce Bank Tower 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        New York City 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Proposed Convocation Tower, Madison Square (Northeast Corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Streeet) 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        The Boston Society of Architects 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Frank Gehry 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Underpass Park 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Harlem Hospital Pavilion Facade 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Architectural Rendering of a Victorian House 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        The Architecture of Light (Galveston, Texas) 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Edison Plant (Industrial Architecture) (Gas Plant) 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Photograph of Apartment Building Designed by Hector Guimard (No. 3) 
-          National Postal Museum        80c Modern Architecture single 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        New Architecture 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Frank Lloyd Wright 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Frank Lloyd Wright 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Sketches of New York Skyscrapers 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Frank Lloyd Wright 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Frank Lloyd Wright 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Frank Lloyd Wright House 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago 
-          National Postal Museum        32c Robie House single 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Le Corbusier 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Le Corbusier 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Villa Stein-de Monzie, Exterior View, Garches, France 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Villa Stein-de Monzie, Interior View, Garches, France 
-          National Portrait Gallery        Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Poster for Archis: The Dutch Outlook on Architecture 
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