This most recent addition uses the same white Georgian marble as the original 1916 building. The 1 to 1 ratio of white to brown stripes acknowledges the equally banded brutalist 1971 addition. As the stripes move closer to the original building, the ratio of white to brown stripes increases until it is almost all white acknowledging the original building.
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20140802. The Cleveland Museum of Art’s banded Brutalism – 1971 Marcel Breuer wing (left) meets the 2009 Rafael Viñolyon expansion (right).
