Small, Stephen W.2015-06-232015-06-231990http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53275In designing a National Museum for the Imaging Arts, a dual obligation is created. It is to provide an intimate place for the cherishing of manifestations of the individual, while also creating, at the scale of the nation, a symbol of the civilization. Architecture accepts this obligation through the hierarchical scaling of the referents of order, material, space, and light.iv, 28 leavesapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1990.S635Museum architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- Designs and plansPhotography -- Museums -- Designs and plansWashington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Designs and plansThesis