New York, New York

2001

The renovation of a 16,600 square foot space located within the base of an office building in midtown Manhattan into a photography museum. The transparent street level entry accommodates a lobby reception space and museum store as well as a series of flexible galleries leading to the stair hall. The double height stair hall takes the visitors to the lower level galleries and cafe. The renovation incorporates cutting-edge electronic technology for lighting and climate control which enables the museum to maintain sensitive collections they were previously unequipped to handle.

Celeste Umpierre was the project architect while at Gwathmey Siegel Architects for this work.