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...Sackler is] the clearest, simplest and to my mind the best museum I have seen to date," said American architect Philip Johnson in a fall 1984 lecture, adding that Stirling, "had to contend with not enough money, not enough room, [and] with not enough space...
Nevertheless, one reviewer noted that Sackle's oddity could blind viewers to its qualities. "The Sackler's alternately amusing and infuriating clash of details may blind critics to its innovations," Time's architectural reviewer wrote...
...Sackler may gain a few more oddities. The main facade of the Sackler on Broadway, features two enormous columns sporting bright green air-intake vents, which are designed to provide support for a proposed 150 foot sky gallery. If approved by the City of Cambridge, it will connect the Sackler to the Fogg...
Aside from the fact that no two rooms have the same dimensions, the Sackler has a few other oddities. Some of its current novelties include the museum's innovative entrance. Breaking with traditional museum architecture, Stirling designed an entrance where visitors descend to glass doors rather than walk up a grand series of steps. This reversal enables the third gallery level of the Sackler to reach the same height as the Fogg's second floor level...
...bridge is completed between the third level of the Sackler and the second floor of the Fogg it will allow an even progression from the permanent, early Chinese and Buddhist art exhibits at the Sackler to related showings in the Fogg...