High Museum of Art,Atlanta, Georgia,1980 - 1983 image © Richard Meier &Partners Architects LLP

In the urban fabric of Atlanta that can be sprawling and disconnected at times, the High Museum of Art in Midtown frames a central node of cultural activity for the Arts District of Atlanta.The museum, which opened in the early 1980s, was designed by Richard Meier, who won the 1984 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The site plan and building orientation welcome the public and pull guests deeper into the site, which is elevated on a gentle hill where they can be surrounded by art and almost forget that they are in between MARTA's bustling Arts Center station and Peachtree Street.....Continue Reading

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