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Q&A: Annabelle Selldorf On the New Clark Art Institute

2014-07-15T14:03:00-04:00

“I started to cry a bit when I saw the finished result for the first time this morning,” said architect Annabelle Selldorf at the June 27 press preview of the newly expanded Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. [...] Visitors might have similarly emotional reactions to the results, including Pritzker-winner Tadao Ando’s multipurpose visitor center, which prioritizes circulation and the views of lush hills behind the Clark [...].

Previously: Tadao Ando's New Clark Art Museum is Berkshires, with Bilbao Ambitions

Tadao Ando's New Clark Art Museum is Berkshires, with Bilbao Ambitions

2014-07-07T13:43:00-04:00

After 14 years of talking, of battles, and of construction, and in one of the more ambitious reimaginings of a regional museum ever, the art-rich Clark has opened a new building, plopped a lake behind it and expanded to a 140-acre campus. It opens July 4, and it is magnificent—mostly—but we’ll get to that.

From Divergence, a Thoughtful Calm

2014-04-20T20:12:00-04:00

The telling details are two walls of red granite at the entrance, as well as the tiered reflecting pools in back. The first was Mr. Conforti’s idea and the second, Mr. Ando’s.

Ted Loos provides a status update for the dozen-year $145 million expansion of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, which is finally scheduled to open in July.

Previously on Archinect here and here