Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey, California
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N 36° 37.078 W 121° 54.111
10S E 598197 N 4053055
Although drab and grey from the outside, this large concrete reinforced building houses one of the worlds largest aquariums.
Waymark Code: WM4ZRA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2008
Views: 31
Keeping within the Cannery Row theme, where the Aquarium is located, the architects attempted to capture the feel of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, complete with faux smokestacks and even to the point of preserving a portion of the old cannery inside the entry way, where the aquarium now stands.
The Commentary from the Great Building states:
"Nostalgia for the days of Steinbeck's Cannery Row dictated much of the design for this deceptively laid-back aquarium. The warehouse and boilerhouse—complete with eye-catching chimneys—of an abandoned cannery were supplemented by new construction which, though staunchly built of concrete, brashly parades timber framing like the earlier building and looks out on Monterey Bay through window walls of industrial sash. The layout of exhibits is casual and nonrestrictive; 20,000 square feet of decks overlook the water."
City, State or City, Country: Monterey, California
Year Built: 1980
Architect: EHDD/Charles Davis/Joseph Esherick
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