| GI-50353-11 | Public Programs: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Guastavino Vaulting: Palaces for the People | 10/1/2011 - 9/30/2014 | $350,000.00 | John | A. | Ochsendorf | | | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge | MA | 02139-4307 | USA | 2011 | Architecture | America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants | Public Programs | 350000 | 0 | 350000 | 0 | Implementation of a traveling exhibition that examines the work of Spanish immigrant builder Rafael Guastavino, whose innovations transformed American architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Guastavino Vaulting: Palaces for the People will be a multi-formatted project to examine the history and creative contributions of Rafael Guastavino and his family, a Spanish immigrant family of the late 19th century whose adaptations of a traditional Mediterranean construction technique transformed the urban landscape of the United States. The formats will be a web site and a major gallery exhibition, that will travel to the Boston Public Library, the National Building Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York. MIT requests NEH funding of $399,956. |