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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 23:43:00

Designed by I. M. Pei and opened in 1968, this brutalist concrete museum in downtown Syracuse was among the first buildings to establish Pei's international reputation and remains one of the most architecturally significant art museums in upstate New York. The cantilevered gallery blocks, connected by a spiral internal staircase, create a sculptural exterior presence on Harrison Street while providing flexible exhibition spaces within, lit by carefully positioned clerestory windows. The collect...