2024-12-22T05:10:34-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150182062/take-a-look-at-the-renovated-seattle-asian-art-museum-ahead-of-its-grand-reopening Alexander Walter 2020-02-03T14:34:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/669ff6cfe9e6d302135884f086b03ce7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>On Saturday, the Seattle Asian Art Museum will reopen after a two-year, $56 million restoration and renovation, unveiling new and modern spaces to share its extensive collection. The building is one of three associated with the Seattle Art Museum, and except for some minor additions, has not had a major renovation since its construction in 1933.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a1/a1ad96f54022756189f25a8f935aa016.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a1/a1ad96f54022756189f25a8f935aa016.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Aerial view of the museum in Seattle's Volunteer Park. Photo: &copy; Tim Griffith</figcaption></figure><p>Seattle-based firm <a href="https://archinect.com/lmnarchitects" target="_blank">LMN Architects</a>, in collaboration with landscape architect <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/69890403/walker-macy" target="_blank">Walker Macy</a>, was in charge of the $56 million, 24-month-long renovation and expansion which includes a new glass-enclosed park lobby, a new gallery, education studio, conservation center, and community meeting room as well as cleaning and preservation of the building's original sandstone facade and Art Deco metal work from 1933. <br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/22/2259b1d30e73259f1df236eb50b87dd3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/22/2259b1d30e73259f1df236eb50b87dd3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The museum's restored main entrance lobby. Photo: &copy; Tim Griffith</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/arts/design/seattle-asian-art-museum.html" target="_blank"><em>The New York Times</em></a><em></em> also reports about the firm's behind-the-scenes updates, writing that LMN "added a freight elevator and replaced the original skylights with adjustable light fixtures that emulate natural daylight. It also enhanced the museum&rsquo;s climate control systems to better protect its collection."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/18dc4cf043cad99a63e8eba9e8304f1e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/18dc4cf043cad99a63e8eba9e8304f1e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The expansion on the east side of the museum. Photo: &copy; Tim Griffith</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f3/f37e34c47b83dafbfdc716189dc1cc77.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f3/f37e34c47b83dafbfdc716189dc1cc77.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Interior view of east side expansion. Photo: &copy; Tim Griffith</figcaption></figure><p>Click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1034603113546165/" target="_blank">here</a> to fi...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149965968/lmn-architects-expansion-of-the-seattle-asian-art-museum-is-getting-some-local-pushback Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-08-30T18:17:00-04:00 >2020-02-03T14:36:25-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gw/gwyy10efr03nzqd4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Seattle Art Museum hasn't exactly been forthcoming with details about its plans to build an extension on the Seattle Asian Art Museum into Volunteer Park&mdash;and some of the neighbors are already unhappy. 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