In its move to the Right Bank, the contemporary art museum has leased the basement and first two floors of a sprawling former hotel opposite the Louvre.
RECORD talks to New Affiliates cofounders Jaffer Kolb and Ivi Diamantopoulou about their transformation of the museum’s third- and fourth–floor galleries.
The institution’s new purpose-built digs on 125th Street, designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson, has double the exhibition space than its predecessor.
As this issue highlights the inaugural Architectural Record Awards, as well as extraordinary examples of recently completed buildings, we are reminded of the potential of design.
Designed by Voorsanger Architects with local firm Mathes Brierre, the phased project features sharp and angular forms, evoking the very battleships and matériel integral to the war effort.