Museums

As one of New York City’s premiere art galleries, Sperone Westwater hosts exhibits from prominent international artists working in a variety of media. In 2008, Sperone Westwater sought to relocate and develop a trademark facility in the Lower East Side. Designed by Foster + Partners, the new, vertical building provides a new permanent home for the gallery. The project includes a 12 by 20-foot elevator that acts as a moving room, creating for a one-of-a-kind visitor experience. The facility also features a specialty glass façade and museum-quality finishes and exhibits.

Founded in 1956, the Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting a mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships between Asia and the United States in a global context.  Its New York building includes a museum with an exceptional collection of both traditional and contemporary Asian and Asian American art, as well as its organizational headquarters.

The Asia Society and Museum in New York embarked on a major renovation and expansion project.  The transformation of the building provided a significant enlargement of gallery spaces, a more efficient layout of the office floors, and expanded visitor service functions, including the museum shop and life safety systems.  The program also included a renovated 400-seat auditorium and a new, two-story garden court.

As the first phase to its $145 million campus transformation, the Clark Art Institute advanced a new conservation building called the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. Designed by world-renowned architect Tadao Ando, the project includes art preservation and conservation, educational spaces, two smaller exhibit galleries and a terrace café. Reflecting the Clark’s strong commitment to sustainability, the building has its own geothermal energy plant and is carefully integrated into the natural landscape. To maintain effective temperature control, the conservation spaces required the introduction of specialty HVAC systems. The Lunder Center at Stone Hill represents the first new building implemented at the Clark since 1973.

Dedicated to advancing and extending the public understanding of art, the Clark Art Institute is one of only a handful of institutions globally with a dual mission as both an art museum and a distinguished center for research and higher education. To meet the Institute’s growing demand for exhibition, academic programs, and visitor services, the Clark embarked on an ambitious, $145 million master plan to transform its campus. Designed by a renowned architecture team, the project aimed to create a more integrated physical environment, upgrade site circulation, and improve the overall visitor experience. Underscoring the Clark’s stewardship role for its 140-acre campus, the plan included the adoption of sustainability strategies to significantly reduce energy and water consumption despite an increase in program and overall built area.

The implementation of the master plan was divided into several core phases of work:

• Phase I – Lunder Center at Stone Hill: Development of a new, 32,000 square foot conservation building with Museum gallery space, campus landscape integration
• Phase II –Physical Plant and Clark Center: Development of a new 42,600 square foot visitor exhibition and conference center, as well as a new physical plant that integrates geothermal energy and other sustainable resources
• Phase III – Museum Building and Manton Research Center: Renovation of original museum building and a 110,000 square foot existing research center and gallery space