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; […]
Holland Performing Arts Center
The notational abstraction of a musical score inspired various techniques for interpreting time, rhythm and composition three-dimensionally. Through experiments with scale and surface, this lyrical approach synchronized the arrangement of the building’s physical and experiential characteristics. Richard Olcott, Design Partner Responding to the downtown context, the urban design strategy reinforces Omaha’s characteristic patterns of pedestrian […]
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 […]
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum
The design strategy intentionally opposes the ‘white box’ gallery approach typically applied to housing contemporary art. Instead, the architecture actively engages the art, with the distinct purpose of deepening the visitor’s appreciation of and connection to it. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner The design for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art responds to […]
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
The building’s large glass façade embraces its surroundings, visually inviting the community inside. On the inside, a choreographed sequence of spaces inspires a creative community of students to take a memorable journey. We have created a building that brings a little bit of Times Square to Astoria, Queens. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner Supported by […]
Xiamen Music Center Design Competition
Adjacent to a historic nineteenth century military fort, the Music Center acknowledges the site’s history and landscape within a new spatial choreography. The embrace between mountainous landscape and the built environment and between the undulating shoreline and corresponding profile of water define the city of Xiamen and shape the design concept. The building is spliced […]
Peter Norton Symphony Space
While Symphony Space was sorely in need of modernization, the quandary became how to retain memories, reinforce identity and distinguish their space from the luxury rental units being developed atop them. James S. Polshek, Design Partner In addition to preserving the 827-seat Symphony Space Theater and recreating the Thalia as a flexible theater that allows […]
New York Hall of Science
Though art and science are often portrayed as divergent, mechanisms of perception are integral to both. Architecture is a tool to shape the public’s relationship to the Hall of Science, maximizing access to the exhibitions within. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner https://player.vimeo.com/video/136231148?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 The power of this dynamic ensemble derives from the juxtaposition of forms and materials. […]
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 […]
The Public Theater at Astor Place Façade Restoration Entry and Lobby Redesign
One of the first non-profit theaters in the country, The Public Theater defines its mission in terms of cultural and creative accessibility. Representing this mission in the building’s renovation design informed our approach to this historic landmark. Duncan Hazard, Management Partner The renovation restores a sense of procession and grandeur that had been lost in […]