Whitney Museum of American Art
project at a glance
- Client Whitney Museum of American Art
- Architect Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Cooper, Robertson & Partners
- Location New York, NY
- Attributes Cultural & Entertainment, Museum, Green Building, Education, New York
At more than 200,000 square feet, the Whitney Museum of American Art's new location in the Meatpacking District will more than double the space of the uptown building, which has been its home for the past 45 years. The 18,000 square foot exhibition gallery will be the largest column-free gallery in the city.
In addition to gallery space, the museum will include education and studio spaces, art-handling spaces, a restaurant, an auditorium, special events spaces, a museum shop and a conservation lab.
The museum will be six stories above grade, with two below grade levels and have a steel structure with enamel steel plates. The building’s façade also has a step feature which will be used to create sculpture terraces for 15,000 square feet of outdoor galleries and event space. The location offers views of the Hudson River to the west and the midtown Manhattan skyline to the east.
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