Pierpont Morgan Library

New York, NY

Stuart Lynn Company worked with Renzo Piano and Beyer Blinder Belle on the historic renovation of the Pierpont Morgan Library. This extensive building renovation and addition restored the existing museum buildings while integrating three new structures into the site. The recently completed building provides space for lectures, films and other public programs. Constructed of glass and steel and scaled to the original structure, the modern components defer to the more traditional architecture. The buildings are joined with glass interstices, providing clear sight lines directly into the center of the campus. Much of the new space is located underground, including a new and acoustically superlative auditorium and significant storage spaces that required extensive and infallible water tight construction and unusually robust mechanical systems. These new spaces were excavated out of the bedrock on which the museum sits. The project grafts cutting edge design and the most advanced technological systems onto the existing historic structure. It required the interpretation of the architects design intent at an early stage and at an extremely conceptual level.

Size: 75,000 sf

 

Completion: 2005

 

Architect: Renzo Piano Bldg. Workshop