Shaoxing Textile Museum

Located at the heart of Keqiao District in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, the Shaoxing Textile Museum serves as a cultural landmark celebrating the city’s identity as the “International Textile Capital.” Bounded by a canal to the south and a lake to the north, the site is defined by a rich network of waterways and historic urban fabric, symbolizing […]

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center

The design emerged from opportunities presented by the surrounding landscape in concert with sustainable design principles and the Native American belief in the organic unity of man and nature. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner The design addresses four primary considerations: to create a powerful, three-dimensional image that celebrates the history of the Mashantucket Pequot nation; […]

Museum of the City of New York

We worked to generate a progressive, forward-looking image to symbolize the viability of the institution that is the Museum of the City of New York – an important learning resource and a neighborhood catalyst for change. Richard Olcott, Design Partner Based on the Museum’s Strategic Plan and completed in 1989, a new Master Plan outlined […]

Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The design for the National Museum of American Jewish History publicly expresses its mission to connect Jews more closely to their heritage and to inspire in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the American Jewish experience and the freedoms to which Americans aspire. James S. Polshek, Design Partner Responsive to […]

William J. Clinton Presidential Center

Our design explorations led to a crystalline bridge, with formal and material qualities that resolve the inherent tension between monumentality and physical and intellectual accessibility. Richard Olcott and James S. Polshek, Design Partners The main body of the Center is elevated off the ground plane, allowing the new park to flow uninterrupted underneath and emphasizing […]