Plans revealed for new Whitney Museum.
The Whitney Museum has unveiled the plans for its new downtown space, designed by Renzo Piano. After much debate, the new Whitney will not connect to the High Line for security reasons. Groundbreaking on the new museum will take place on May 24. The museum’s current location, a Marcel Breuer-designed building on the Upper East Side, holds only 10% of the Whitney’s permanent collection.
Cooper Robertson is also working on this project with Renzo: http://www.cooperrobertson.com/what_we_do/projecttype/cultural/whitney.php
Posted by: Samantha Cooper | December 23, 2010 at 07:43 AM
One can only hope that an appreciative new resident for Breuer's building will be found. It would be a major architectural loss were it not to survive.
Posted by: Arthur H Groten | December 23, 2010 at 02:23 PM
Re: Finding a new resident for Breuer's building. We agree. It would be tragic to see it end up like his building on Rte 95 in New Haven. It's vacant and just sitting there.
Posted by: Gwendolyn Horton | December 23, 2010 at 04:16 PM