Goldsworthy atop the met

Two monumental works by British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy are currently on view on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Constructed by the artist on-site, Stone Houses consists of two 18-foot-tall, open-frame domes, 24 feet in diameter, made of split white cedar rails. Each dome surrounds a 13 1/2-foot-tall column of balanced granite stones, the largest weighing 1 1/2 tons.

Though the stones are from the beaches of southern Scotland and the rails from New England, Goldsworthy intends the structures to have a more local reference: the stones and trees in Central Park, as well as the surrounding architecture. The works are on view through Oct. 31.

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