Children's Discovery Museum - San Jose, CA - Architecture Prizes on Waymarking.com

Mexico City-based architect, Ricardo Legorreta, designed the purple Children's Discovery Museum. In 1999 Legorreta was awarded the UIA Gold Medal Prize for architecture.

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The building exemplifies his use of color, light, shadows, and water. The violet colors change from light blues to dark purples, depending on the shadows, time of year, and angle of the sun through what seem to be stragetically placed windows. This building (and the nearby Tech Museum by Legorreta) give the City of San Jose two world-class structures of significant architectural importance.

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Architect: Ricardo Legorreta Prize received: UIA Gold Medal In what year: 1999 Website about the Architect: [Web Link] Website about the building: [Web Link]

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