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McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope (1962) | SOM
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Location: Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA- Completed in 1962, the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope designed by SOM is a classic example of great architecture built for a very specific purpose. It was mainly designed for studying the physical and chemical features of the sun and is the world’s largest unobstructed aperture optical telescope.
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architecture 618
design 307
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modernism 93
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telescope 7
arizona 5
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som 3
astrology 3
skidmore owings & merrill 2
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kitt peak national observatory 1
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arkitekcher 1
american architecture 1