East Building Architectural Tour

Interior, Staff Spaces

The public reaps the benefits from the other triangular section of the East Building, even though that area is restricted in access. There, the staff conducts business and research. Policies are established, exhibitions are planned, catalogues are published, and educational programs are conceived. Also, a visiting faculty of international scholars gathers in the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, CASVA.

One of the world's major libraries for the arts extends below the office area in book stacks three stories deep underground. Balconies with additional book shelves adorn the reading room. The soaring library is visible through six stories of windows on the south lawn.

The East Building opened on 1 June 1978, and soon after, the staff offices were moved there. By 1983, the former service areas in the West Building were renovated into new public display spaces for sculpture and graphic arts.

Audio: I. M. Pei and Earl A. Powell III

CASVA/Library Space

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