Whitney Museum of American Art

New York, NY

In 2004, The Whitney Museum of American Art hired the Renzo Piano Building Workshop to design an expansion for its permanent collection and for much-needed public and educational space. The new design followed two controversial expansion proposals for the Marcel Breuer building by other well-known architects proposed over the previous twenty years. The new design promised to limit the height of the expansion to that of the existing building, while providing an addition with character that would not compete with the Breuer building. Following our excellent working relationship with Renzo Piano on the Pierpont Morgan Library, Stuart Lynn Company worked with the architect to provide a preliminary cost estimate for the project. The project was recently approved, and then cancelled, with the Whitney currently considering the design and construction of an entirely new building for its expansion, on a different site in downtown Manhattan.

Size: 75,000 sf

Architect:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop