The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven was designed by Louis I. Kahn, who died in 1974 before it was finished. Yale University is the client, and Paul Mellon gave his British art collection, an endowment and building funds in 1966. The infobox gives completion as 1974, while the text says the center opened to the public on April 15, 1977.
The style is Modern, with a concrete frame, an exterior of matte steel and reflective glass, and an interior of travertine marble, white oak and Belgian linen. It has four floors. Intimate skylit galleries use diffused daylight, with artificial light only on dark days or in the evening.
It stands at the corner of York and Chapel Streets, across from Kahn's 1953 Yale University Art Gallery. It is an art museum, rare book library and research institute, with a 40,000-volume reference library and conservation labs.
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