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Here's how the Getty Center's design protects it against wildfires
Even though the Getty Center is now under the mandatory evacuation zone as a result of the Palisades wildfire, the center says there's no other place where its priceless art collection could be safer.
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Who created the Getty Center? How Brentwood’s iconic building design protects it against wildfires
the Getty Center, was designed by architect Richard Meier. The plan for J. Paul Getty Trust's Brentwood campus was conceptualized during the 1980s. Subsequently, Meier was hired to design the center ...
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The Getty Center: Design Process
In October 1984, following an eighteen-month selection process, architect Richard Meier was chosen to design the Getty Center. This book summarizes the processes involved in selecting an architect and ...
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The Getty Center
The Getty Center is one of the most impressive architectural achievements in the United States – and it also contains some of the finest works of art in the world. The circular concrete-and ...
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The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
and the newer white-stone Getty Center in Brentwood where Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” is displayed.
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LA's Getty Center's art safeguarded as Palisades fire rages
The center, which opened in 1997 ... and provides a resource for emergency fire suppression. The Getty's "minimalist" landscape design, with sparse vegetation, reflects concern about wildfires.
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Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
That is by design. The Center, which houses a sprawling collection of art in a modernist building, is described on the Getty website as a “marvel of anti-fire engineering.” The Villa ...
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Getty Villa
In 1997, the decorative arts and paintings were moved to the Getty Center, and the villa was closed ... inspired Getty to built the museum in the design of a Roman villa. Upstairs, room 217 ...
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Here's how the Getty Center's design protects it against wildfires
the Getty Center itself," the center said in a statement. "The Center is a marvel of anti-fire engineering. Both indoors and outdoors, its materials, design, construction, operations, and controls ...
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The Getty Center: Design Process
In October 1984, following an eighteen-month selection process, architect Richard Meier was chosen to design the Getty Center. This book summarizes the processes involved in selecting an architect and ...
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LA's Getty Center's Art Safeguarded as Palisades Fire Rages
LA's Getty Center's Art Safeguarded as Palisades Fire ... The Getty's "minimalist" landscape design, with sparse vegetation, reflects concern about wildfires. "A lot of the plants that we have ...