Archinect - News2024-12-22T05:43:55-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150282911/the-rubell-museum-comes-to-washington-with-its-gallery-64-mixed-use-development-effort
The Rubell Museum comes to Washington with its Gallery 64 mixed-use development effort Josh Niland2021-09-27T13:41:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5c/5c3b7b134dfd2905d75f722ba4647f31.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>One of America’s most influential private art museums is moving forward with an expansion into new territory thanks to a partnership with <a href="https://archinect.com/beyerblinderbelle" target="_blank">Beyer Blinder Belle</a>.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ac/acc3465b182a4cebca78e51ebe1b585e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ac/acc3465b182a4cebca78e51ebe1b585e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle</figcaption></figure><p>Nearly two years after opening its new 100,000-square-foot <a href="https://archinect.com/selldorfarchitects" target="_blank">Selldorf Architects</a>-designed space in Miami, the former Rubell Family Collection is now looking to make an even bigger statement with a 12-story, 2.7-acre mixed-use development that its founders hope will create another cultural hub in the nation’s capital. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8d/8da62eef50a0fa1d2ff23db294fb868f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8d/8da62eef50a0fa1d2ff23db294fb868f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle</figcaption></figure><p>Situated in Southwest D.C., the new satellite location will feature a 492-unit residential development called Gallery 64 anchored by the campus of Randall Junior High School, a historic former public school that served the community from 1906 until its closure in the late 1970s.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c9/c97251ab377914fb7535082cd51ae69e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c9/c97251ab377914fb7535082cd51ae69e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle</figcaption></figure><p>Formerly under the stewardship of D.C.’s metropolitan government and later the Corcoran Gallery of Art (the building was <a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/the-rubells-scoop-up-a-contemporary-museum-57917/" target="_blank">acquired by the R...</a></p>