New Museum Expansion
OMA NY · Bowery · 2026
West facade of the flagship building (left) and the extension (right).
Construction has wrapped up at the extension to the New Museum of Contemporary Art on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Designed by Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas of OMA, the seven story structure sits adjacent to the 2007 SANAA flagship building and includes 60,000 square feet of additional program space. The building will include three floors of galleries, additional space for the Museum’s community and education programs, a permanent home for NEW INC, and increased public amenities and improved vertical circulation.
West facade from Prince Street.
West facade from the Bowery.
Close-up of the west facade.
Atrium stair at the ground floor.
Looking up at the atrium stair.
Atrium stair detail.
Construction Update: International Spy Museum
Southwest corner.
Construction has wrapped up at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ new home for the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Previously located in a 19th Century building in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of DC since 2002, the museum will open in its new building at L’Enfant Plaza this May. The three-story exhibition space is located in a pleated “black box” that angles out towards 10th Street and accented by red steel fins. A glass veil at the west facade encloses an atrium and double height ground floor lobby and museum store. A setback two-story event space with views of the city sits above the angled exhibition volume, the roof of which allows for a rooftop terrace.
South entry.
Ground floor lobby.
West facade.
Looking up at the west facade.
West entry.
Northwest corner.
Closeup of the north facade.
71 Laight Street - The Sterling Mason
Façade installation has reached substantial completion at Taconic's The Sterling Mason in the Tribeca neighborhood. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the project consists of an existing six-story coffee and tea warehouse structure built in 1905, with a new structure fronting on Greenwich Street. The existing building is clad in red brick and terracotta, while the new structure is clad in an aluminum prefab panel skin with a plasma finish that emulates a brick façade. The renovation and neighboring addition will bring 32 condo units to this rapidly growing neighborhood.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
East façade from Greenwich Street.
Closeup of the northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
North façade from Laight Street.
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
West façade from Washington Street.
Closeup of the north façade.
Southeast corner of 408 Greenwich (center) and the Sterling Mason (right).
Architects: Morris Adjmi Architects; Interiors: Gachot; Landscape Architect: Deborah Nevins & Associates; Developer: Taconic Investment Partners; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
