https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2246-knight-architecture en-us Walking through Louis Kahn’s Center for British Art—where sunlight streams in from skylights, and concrete, wood, metal, and stone combine in precise yet monumental ways­—leaves one yearning for the days when museums, quite honestly, weren’t so sterile.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11703 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11703-yale-center-for-british-art The center houses philanthropist Paul Mellon’s gift to Yale, an important collection of British art. Photo © Richard Capsole The Entrance Court. Photo © Richard Capsole The Library Court. Photo © Richard Capsole The Long Gallery. Photo © Michael Marsland The stair tower inside the Library Court. Photo © Richard Capsole A pogo wall within a fourth-­floor gallery. Photo © Richard Capsole