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Studio Gang has completed work on the $465 million new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Coinciding with the official public opening today, the museum has shared first photos of the project, showcasing... View full entry
The Studio Gang-designed Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation is approaching completion in New York. Set to open on May 4, 2023, the project is the latest addition to the city’s American Museum of Natural History and is described by the firm as “a fluid landscape that heightens... View full entry
A rare modest figure in a crowded era of star architects and designers has passed away as the New York Times is reporting the death of James Stewart Polshek on Friday at his home in Manhattan. Polshek was known as the designer of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in... View full entry
New Yorkers who have yet to receive their Covid-19 vaccine can now get jabbed under the American Museum of Natural History’s iconic blue whale, which has been adorned with a colossal bandage. The museum began administering the Moderna vaccine to people 18 and up in its Milstein Hall of Ocean Life last week and is offering anyone who receives the shot at the site (plus three friends) complimentary admission. — The Art Newspaper
Following the news that all US adults are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, this “whale of an announcement”, as comically put by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, is one that serves as a symbol of progress for New Yorkers amidst the ongoing pandemic. It is also a means to get... View full entry
Following delays caused by a lawsuit aimed at protecting the adjacent, city-owned Theodore Roosevelt Park, construction officially kicked off for the American Museum of Natural History’s new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. Designed by architect Jeanne Gang, the $383 million Center will add new galleries, classrooms, a theatre, and an expanded library while linking 10 museum buildings for better circulation throughout the campus. — 6sqft
A rendering of the Gilder Center's interior. Rendering by MIR and Studio Gang.Entrance to the Gilder Center from Theodore Roosevelt Park. Rendering by MIR and Studio Gang.Entrance to the Gilder Center from Theodore Roosevelt Park. Rendering by MIR and Studio Gang. View full entry
The proposed building will contain exhibition space on the ground floor and second floor, classrooms between the second and third floor, a theater on the third floor and offices between the fourth and sixth floors. There will also be an event space on the second floor and an aquarium room on the fifth floor. — Real Estate Weekly
The proposed $325 million six-story expansion won the Landmarks Commission’s approval in October 2016. Designed by Studio Gang, the building will be located along Columbus Avenue on the museum’s rear grounds near West 79th Street. The majority of the 218,000-square-foot Gilder Center will be... View full entry
