Foster + Partners to redesign Norton Museum of Art public garden, reopening February 2019

2017-11-13T15:04:00-05:00

The Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach Florida, recently announced design plans for the first public garden designed by Norman Foster. In addition to the sub-tropical garden, Foster's design features new walkways, green spaces, and a new grand lawn. Native flora will reinforce the museum's relationship to the landscape and provide additional social space for the community. Foster's garden is an extension of The New Norton, the Museum's $100 million design expansion by Foster + Partners. The transformative Norton expansion held its groundbreaking ceremony in February 2016 and currently predicts a grand reopening set for February 2019.

The J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Colonnade east garden view, Norton Museum of Art. Photo: Foster + Partners.

"From the beginning, we have conceived of the Norton expansion as an opportunity to create a New Norton [...] In our masterplan, it was important for us to define the Norton’s sense of place—in this case Florida’s lush subtropics....

The Norton Museum of Art celebrates construction milestone of its expansion designed by Foster + Partners

2017-06-28T10:14:00-04:00

Today, on June 27, 2017, leaders from the Norton Museum of Art and Gilbane Building Company along with museum's staff and more than 100 construction workers attended a topping off ceremony for the museum’s $100 million expansion project designed by Foster + Partners.

“We are thrilled to achieve this major construction milestone and are grateful to everyone who is helping us realize The New Norton. The expansion will allow the Museum to better serve the more than 100,000 annual visitors who attend exhibitions and programming, including the 12,000 schoolchildren the Norton educates each year,”—said executive Director Hope Alswang.“The New Norton is a transformative project for the Palm Beach County community and beyond. The new building has not only contributed jobs to our local community, it will also give our county a landmark building by an architect of international renown and dramatically expand visitation.”

Located at 1451 S Olive ave in West Palms Beach, FL, The Norton is free...

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Foster + Partners to redesign Norton Museum of Art public garden, reopening February 2019

The Norton Museum of Art celebrates construction milestone of its expansion designed by Foster + Partners