Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Cleveland, OH
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N 41° 30.505 W 081° 41.705
17T E 441993 N 4595431
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the shores of Lake Erie was designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei.
Waymark Code: WM3XZ3
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2008
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This building was designed to express the dynamic music it celebrates, and emblematize the city that introduced the term "rock and roll" in the mid-1950s. Simple geometric forms are juxtaposed to combine diverse functions within a unified whole. A theater cantilevered over Lake Erie on one side balances a circular performance drum on the other while a 165-foot-high orthogonal tower rises from the water to engage a tetrahedral glass tent.
The building is set back in a 1.2-acre performance plaza on the roof of the main exhibition space. The site's change of grade was maximized to tuck the bulk of the museum underground and create a controlled environment for its highly interactive installations. The building rises with eight unique floor plates of decreasing size, ultimately ascending to the Hall of Fame itself — a contemplative fiber optics chamber.
Source: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners website
City, State or City, Country: Cleveland, OH
Year Built: 1995
Architect: I.M. Pei
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