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Vermont's Shelburne Museum names three-firm replacement for Adjaye design

2024-09-26T17:03:00-04:00

The question of who will replace David Adjaye for the opportunity to design the Shelburne Museum’s expanded Perry Center for Native American Art has been answered by the Vermont institution after it cut ties with the architect in July of last year.

Image courtesy Annum Architects

In lieu of a single architect or firm, the museum now says they are pursuing a “collaborative approach” to designing the square-foot Center. Included in the project team are Annum Architects of Boston; the Indigenous owned Two Row Architect of Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation; and Reed Hilderbrand for the landscaping component. Annum, formerly Ann Beha Architects, designed the museum's Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education in 2011.

Image courtesy Annum Architects

"The design of the Perry Center for Native American Art and the many steps that led us to this moment are the result of a collaborative approach focused on communication and relationship building with Tribal Nations to create a national...

Vermont's Shelburne Museum formally cut ties with Adjaye Associates over sexual misconduct allegations

2023-07-14T10:27:00-04:00

Adjaye Associates’ involvement with Vermont’s Shelburne Museum has ended as the institution is now looking to distance itself from the firm two months after its embattled founder was announced to lead the design of an important $12.6 million extension project in May.

The move comes amidst a torrent of project cancellations, voluntary withdrawals, and other relinquishing measures that followed accusations of abuse and misconduct on the part of David Adjaye, in addition to further details of a “toxic work environment” at his firm.

“The recent allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against David Adjaye, and his admission of inappropriate behavior, are incompatible with our mission and values, which left the museum with no alternative but to immediately sever ties with the architect and his firm,” the museum’s CEO Thomas Denenberg said in a statement to the media. “We remain committed to moving forward with the project and the many other partners and collaborators who have been invol...

Adjaye-led expansion announced at Vermont’s historic Shelburne Museum

2023-05-09T16:50:00-04:00

Adjaye Associates has just been announced to lead the design of the newly-commissioned Perry Center for Native American Art at the Shelburne Museum in northern Vermont.

The project’s brief calls for a “sustainable building with integrated landscape created in collaboration with Indigenous voices whose cultures and people are represented in the works to be stewarded in the space.”

The extension will be 9,750 square feet in total and created at a projected cost of $12.6 million. Once completed it will join the Shelburne’s stock of 39 other structures, the most recent of which, the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, was designed by Annum (formerly Ann Beha Architects) in 2011.

Previously on Archinect: Several museum expansions and design research projects among National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipients

“Our team is inspired by the potential of the Perry Center to not only enhance Shelburne Museum as a destination for education but also to amplify and empower the Indi...