https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1247 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17576 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17576-selldorfs-controversial-renovation-of-the-sainsbury-wing-reopens-to-the-public Led by Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects, and Two Row Architect, the project will add at least 13 new galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary art spread across 40,000 square feet. 

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16133 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:01:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16133-art-gallery-ontario-announces-sweeping-expansion-project-for-its-modern-and-contemporary-collections Art-Gallery-Ontario-Toronto-Campus-1.jpg Exterior view of the Art Gallery of Ontario's planned Toronto campus expansion rising behind the museum's Dundas Street-facing Galleria Italia. Image courtesy AGO, Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects, Two Row Architect, and Play-Time Art-Gallery-Ontario-Toronto-Campus-2.webp Interior view gathering space at sixth floor gallery entry. Image courtesy AGO, Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects, Two Row Architect Art-Gallery-Ontario-Toronto-Campus-3.webp Interior view of the planned sixth floor of the gallery. Image courtesy AGO, Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects, Two Row Architect The revitalization of its exhibition and public spaces is the first major interior overhaul at the Washington, D.C., museum since 2006.  

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16079 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:26:39 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16079-selldorf-architects-selected-for-major-gallery-redesign-at-the-smithsonian-american-art-museum http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16054 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16054-newsmaker-annabelle-selldorf-takes-on-the-critics http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15672 Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15672-design-ed-podcast-annabelle-selldorf http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15574 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15574-museum-of-contemporary-art-san-diego-by-selldorf-architects http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15230 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 03:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15230-design-team-led-by-selldorf-architects-selected-to-reimagine-londons-national-gallery national-gallery-london-news_archrecord_1170_ss_0.jpg The National Gallery's 19th-century building fronts Trafalgar Square. Photo © National Gallery, London national-gallery-london-news_archrecord_1170_ss_1.jpg The Venturi Scott Brown-designed Sainsbury Wing opened in 1991. Photo © The National Gallery, London Selldorf Architects and the curatorial team created a series of temporary galleries for the Frick’s collection of European art, reframing its stories in the process.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15027 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15027-frick-madison-brings-a-new-look-to-the-breuer 1-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg Located at 945 Madison Avenue at East 75th Street, Marcel Breuer’s 1966 modernist masterpiece for the Whitney Museum of American Art is clad in granite and expands out as it rises. 2-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert, one of the Frick’s most important and loved works, is displayed in isolation, paired with one of the iconic trapezoidal windows Marcel Breuer conceived for the building.  Photo © Joe Coscia 3-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg Fragonard’s series The Progress of Love is shown together in two rooms. At right, a group of panels of Hollyhocks.    Photo © Joe Coscia 4-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg The third-floor galleries begin with three rare marble examples of Italian Renaissance portrait sculpture. By Laurana and Verrocchio, they date to the 1470s. Photo © Joe Coscia 6-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg Four grand panels of Fragonard’s series The Progress of Love are shown together at Frick Madison in a gallery illuminated by one of Marcel Breuer’s trapezoidal windows. Photo © Joe Coscia 7-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg A dramatic display of European and Asian porcelain (ca. 1500–ca. 1900) is featured in this Frick Madison room, reflecting deep cultural interaction in the history of the medium. Photo © Joe Coscia 8-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg The Frick Collection houses more works by American-born James McNeill Whistler than by any other artist. This view shows three of four full-length portraits on display. Photo © Joe Coscia 9-Frick-Selldorf.jpeg This gallery of Italian Renaissance paintings includes work by Veronese (back right wall) as well as Titian. Centrally located is a bronze by Francesco da Sangallo, placed atop a replica of its original base by Factum Arte.  Photo © Joe Coscia http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14899 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14899-hauser-wirth-gallery-by-selldorf-architects Hauser-and-Wirth-Gallery-01-B.jpg Large glazed doors open into the Hauser & Wirth Gallery. Photo © Nicholas Venezia A New York firm transforms several produce warehouses in Miami to expand a museum's exhibition capacity and outreach. The project opened December 4.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14366 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14366-the-rubell-museum-by-selldorf-architects The museum comprises several warehouse structures. Photo © Nicholas Venezia The former loading dock is now a lushly planted courtyard by the main entrance. Photo © Nicholas Venezia Parts of the building open to take advantage of the Miami climate. Photo © Nicholas Venezia Galleries were kept simple with existing concrete floors. Photo © Nicholas Venezia The main circulation spine passes the library. Photo © Nicholas Venezia Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Selldorf Architects' airy new Mwabwindo School bolsters the 14+ Foundation's educational network in rural Zambia.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14269 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14269-mwabwindo-school-by-selldorf-architects Students play soccer outside their new school in the Zambian village of Mwabwindo. Their uniforms were made by Studio One Eighty Nine, a social enterprise in Ghana founded by marketing executive Abrima Erwiah and actor Rosario Dawson. Photo © Chosa Mweemba, courtesy Selldorf Architects The flat, open site inspired the architect’s design of the shaded steel structure. Photo © YAK Films A raised corrugated-metal roof floats above the classrooms and courtyards, its generous openings admitting abundant daylight and fresh air everywhere. Photo © Chosa Mweemba, courtesy Selldorf Architects A raised corrugated-metal roof floats above the classrooms and courtyards, its generous openings admitting abundant daylight and fresh air everywhere. Photo © Chosa Mweemba, courtesy Selldorf Architects Local masons used 150,000 handmade bricks to create a lattice pattern in some walls. Photo © Chosa Mweemba, courtesy Selldorf Architects Classrooms have plaster walls, poured concrete floors, and Mukwa wood doors. Photo © Chosa Mweemba, courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Annabelle Selldorf’s discreet plan to renovate the 1914 mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan frames views to the museum’s Russell Page–designed garden.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13333 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13333-frick-collection-reveals-selldorf-architects-design-for-renovation Rendering of Selldorf Architects’ design for the expansion and enhancement of the Frick Collection Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Rendering of The Frick Collection Reception Hall looking east towards 70th Street Garden Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Rendering of the Frick Collection Entrance Hall looking north Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Rendering of the main-floor special-exhibition gallery Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Rendering of a flexible program space in the Education Center of the Frick Collection, looking out on 70th Street Garden Image courtesy Selldorf Architects In 1984, the SNCF, France’s national railway, shut down a rail yard—with a handful of handsome 19th-century industrial sheds— in the sun-washed southern city of Arles.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12734 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12734-back-on-track The Luma Foundation is creating an arts center in Arles, France, in a former SNCF train yard. Selldorf Architects is turning the limestone and stucco structures into gallery space, while Frank Gehry is constructing a stainless-steel tower for art and research. Rendering courtesy Selldorf Architects In the 31,000-square-foot Les Forges, Selldorf created a gallery by adding a mezzanine with sky­­lights and concrete floors. She also restored the structure’s cast-iron columns and steel trusses. Photo courtesy Selldorf Architects goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Renovations of the Hall of Science in Queens, New York; the Richards Medical Research Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania; the Greeley Memorial Laboratory at Yale; and the Manton Research Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12201 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 08:01:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12201-four-midcentury-landmarks-get-a-new-lease-on-life Harrison and Abramovitz’s Hall of Science in Queens, New York, was originally built for the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo © Ezra Stoller/ESTO Recently renovated by Ennead, the hall’s defining features are curvilinear eggcratelike walls infilled with panels made of concrete and shards of blue glass. The result is an interior that evokes outer space. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/ESTO The hall currently hosts an exhibition that focuses on the earth’s diverse natural habitats. Photo © Aislinn Weidele/Ennead Architects Louis Kahn’s Richards Medical Research Laboratories, built on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in 1961, consists of four interconnected towers in concrete, brick, and glass. Photo courtesy University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives A phased renovation of Richards by EYP and Atkin Olshin Schade includes a complete revamp of all mechanical systems and replacement of Kahn’s extra-large, single-glazed windows with laminated glass within the original steel frames. Photo © Halkin Mason A phased renovation of Richards by EYP and Atkin Olshin Schade includes a complete revamp of all mechanical systems and replacement of Kahn’s extra-large, single-glazed windows with laminated glass within the original steel frames. Photo © Halkin Mason Richards Site Plan Image courtesy EYP Richards Typical Floor Plan Image courtesy EYP Distinctive Y-shaped columns support the roof of Paul Rudolph’s 1959 Greeley Memorial Laboratory at Yale University. Image courtesy the Paul Rudolph Foundation A recent renovation of Greeley by New Haven architect Christopher Williams included the creation of a space where scientists can relax and informally meet. The area is defined by cherry cabinets that stop short of the sculptural ceiling in order not to interfere with the building’s free-flowing configuration. Photo © John Giammetteo Williams removed the agglomeration of mechanical equipment that had accumulated over time inside Greeley and routed the new building services so that they are largely exposed, but arranged in a thoughtful and integrated way. Photo © John Giammetteo Annabelle Selldorf and Gensler recently revamped Pietro Belluschi’s Manton Research Center (1973) at the Clark Art Institute in the Berkshires. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/ESTO The Manton renovation included the transformation of what had been—when the building was first completed—an indoor sculpture court. It is now a reading room. Photo courtesy the Clark Institute The Manton renovation included the transformation of what had been—when the building was first completed—an indoor sculpture court. It is now a reading room. Photo © Tucker Blair As part of the Manton project, the renovation team reconstructed the former sculpture court’s skylight. It now has baffles to address glair. They also serve to cleverly conceal electric illumination as well sprinklers. Photo © Tucker Blair An arts foundation reinvents an old rail yard in a historic town in France.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12212 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12212-luma-arles-by-selldorf-architects The Luma Foundation is creating an arts center in Arles in a former train yard for the SNCF. Photo © Selldorf Architects Selldorf Architects is turning the limestone and stucco structures, such as Les Forges, into gallery space, including installing a mezzanine level. Photo © Selldorf Architects Selldorf Architects is turning the limestone and stucco structures, such as Les Forges, into gallery space, including installing a mezzanine level. Photo © Hervé Hôte In the 31,000-square-foot Les Forges, Selldorf added a mezzanine with skylights and concrete floors to create a gallery, and restored the cast-iron columns and steel trusses. Photo © Selldorf Architects In the 31,000-square-foot Les Forges, Selldorf added a mezzanine with skylights and concrete floors to create a gallery, and restored the cast-iron columns and steel trusses. Photo © Selldorf Architects Photo © Selldorf Architects Photo © Selldorf Architects Photo © Selldorf Architects Site plan Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Ground floor plan Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Second floor plan Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Selldorf Architects For more than a year, New Yorkers have waited to learn the outcome of a forthcoming expansion of the Frick Collection, the beloved Manhattan institution known for its intimate scale as much as for its collection of works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Turner, and other masters.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11951 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11951-take-two-selldorf-architects-selected-for-frick-collection-expansion Photo © Gryffindor via Wikimedia Commons Photo © Tom Sulcer via Wikimedia Commons Photo © Brownpau via Flickr Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) The renowned piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons recently moved its flagship, Steinway Hall, from the Beaux- Arts New York City landmark it called home for 90 years to a modern Midtown skyscraper. The upshot is a project that will illuminate its brand for 21st-century clientele.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11658 Sun, 01 May 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11658-steinway-hall An expansive, backlit ceiling, bisected by elegant track lighting, is softened by a custom teak grid modeled on a piano’s curve. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects An expansive, backlit ceiling, bisected by elegant track lighting, is softened by a custom teak grid modeled on a piano’s curve. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects A specially commisioned light installation by Spencer Finch hangs above the central stair. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects The Concert & Artists Selection Room has an eye-popping yellow floor and disc-shaped luminaires suspended from an exposed black ceiling. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects Acoustic requirements determined the specification and placement of the lighting in the teak-lined recital room. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11558 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11558-gigantic-hauser-wirth-schimmel-gallery-opens-in-former-los-angeles-warehouse Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles Exterior View Photo © Joshua Targownik Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles Exterior View Photo © Joshua Targownik Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles Exterior View Photo © Joshua Targownik Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles South Gallery Photo © Joshua Targownik Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles North A Gallery Photo © Joshua Targownik Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles Courtyard Photo © Joshua Targownik Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery, Los Angeles Breezeway Photo © Joshua Targownik Proposed modifications to Philip Johnson’s interior landmark were heard May 19.

]]> 150513-four-seasons-seagram-building-philip-johnson-annabelle-selldorf-aby-rosen.asp Wed, 13 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3379-the-four-seasons-standoff The Four Seasons Proposed rendering of the Pool Room. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission The Four Seasons Private dining room with original 1959 finishes. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission The Four Seasons Existing plan. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission The existing Grill Room. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission The Four Seasons The Grill Room bar in 1959. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission The Four Seasons The proposed Grill Room. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission The Four Seasons The proposed Grill Room calls for movable bronze planters with plantings. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects via Landmark Preservation Commission Annabelle Selldorf was an obvious choice to renovate the venerated museum of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, home to a stellar collection of European and American paintings.

]]> 1408-the-museum-clark-art-institute-selldorf-architects-with-gensler.asp Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7522-the-museum-clark-art-institute The Museum, Clark Art Institute Selldorf Architects renovated and restored the white Vermont-marble classical-style museum designed by Daniel D. Perry in 1955. It will still house the permanent collection, although the entrance has been moved from the east side to the west, where Tadao Ando has added a new glass pavilion overlooking the reflecting pool and the visitor center.   Photo © James Ewing The Museum, Clark Art Institute Inside the museum, Selldorf devised a color palette of soft, muted shades for the various galleries.   Photo © James Ewing The Museum, Clark Art Institute The rich colors of the paintings in the gallery where Renoir reigns are set off by tinted walls. The existing oak floors have been stained a slightly darker shade. Selldorf cleaned the laylight and updated it with safety film. Above it and the attic space, the architect replaced the original composite translucent material on the roof with a new version of the same product.   Photo © James Ewing The Museum, Clark Art Institute Image courtesy Selldorf Architects with Gensler The Museum, Clark Art Institute Image courtesy Selldorf Architects with Gensler The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, designed by Selldorf Architects, speaks volumes about the future of waste management in urban environments.

]]> 1403-sunset-park-materials-recovery-facility-selldorf-architects.asp Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7430-the-sunset-park-material-recovery-facility The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Community and school groups can watch the sorting of recyclables from viewing platforms that connect to the Education Center by a 70-foot-long footbridge.   Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Sustainable features include New York City's largest photovoltaic array to date and a future wind turbine that will generate 25 percent of the plant's power. The tipping building has clerestories that flood the interior with daylight.   Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility The master plan separates hard functions, like truck deliveries, from landscaped roads and pedestrian paths.   Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility A terrace for visitors and employees in the Education Center offers skyline views.   Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Selldorf controlled scale and light throughout the facility with a carefully selected corrugated profile and exterior placement of pre-engineered structural details.   Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Recyclables await processing in the tipping building.   Photo © Nikolas Koenig The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Image courtesy Selldorf Architects The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Image courtesy Selldorf Architects The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility Image courtesy Selldorf Architects goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) 'It is special and ordinary at the same time,' says architect Annabelle Selldorf while standing on West 20th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.

]]> 1306-david-zwirner-selldorf-architects.asp Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7938-david-zwirner David Zwirner Teak-framed windows set in just a few inches from the surface of the board-formed-concrete facade make the front elevation appear to be both a stretched skin and a weight-bearing mass.   Photo © Jason Schmidt David Zwirner The artfully composed facade includes a loading dock cleverly concealed behind a sliding frosted-glass door.   Photo © Jason Schmidt David Zwirner The 4,400-square-foot main gallery captures daylight with four north-facing light monitors. For the building's inaugural exhibition, the space was subdivided into two and featured work by Donald Judd (shown) and Dan Flavin.   Photo © Jason Schmidt David Zwirner Windows help illuminate a variety of spaces, including an intimate second-floor gallery, with pieces by (clockwise from back wall) Richard Serra, Fred Sandback, and Judd.   Photo © Jason Schmidt David Zwirner The walls surrounding the building's grand stair are made of the same board-formed concrete of the facade.   Photo © Jason Schmidt David Zwirner The concrete steps that cantilever from the board-formed walls were constructed with smooth forms and are extremely thin: the depth of each run's throat is only 3 inches. A more typical depth is 6 inches.   Photo © Jason Schmidt David Zwirner   Image courtesy Selldorf Architects David Zwirner   Image courtesy Selldorf Architects David Zwirner   Image courtesy of Selldorf Architects David Zwirner   Image courtesy Selldorf Architects A slew of high-profile architects and critics, including Annabelle Selldorf, Steven Holl, Wendy Evans Joseph, Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Michael Sorkin, and Robert A.M. Stern, have joined the campaign to save the American Folk Art Museum building.

]]> 130410-moma-will-raze-tod-williams-billie-tsiens-folk-art-museum.asp Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2837-update-architectural-community-speaks-out-against-momas-plan-to-raze-tod-williams-billie-tsiens-folk-art-museum 200-11th-ave.asp Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7303-eleventh-avenue The tower sits on a terra-cotta-clad base, while the shaft itself features a stainless steel rainscreen jutting out past the glass window walls.   Photo © David Sundberg/Esto A high-rise elevator system provides private parking in the sky for 14 of the 16 condominiums in the building.   Photo © David Sundberg/Esto Black anodized aluminum window frames are set back from a stainless steel rainscreen.   Photo © David Sundberg/Esto Spacious duplexes soar to 23-foot heights. The views of the Hudson River to the west will remain unimpeded since a park occupies the Eleventh Avenue site between the building and the river.   Photo © David Sundberg/Esto The apartment house lobby, entered from a side street, looks west to the Hudson while the garage entrance is on the east.   Photo © David Sundberg/Esto Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Lifestyle doyenne Martha Stewart, more at home with comforters than cars, likely never dreamed her commuting-to-work routine would inspire a way of living, which could be called insider parking.

]]> 090810tower.asp Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5115-tower-by-selldorf-offers-lofty-perk-private-sky-garages Selldorf Tower Offers Lofty Perk The tower, called 200 Eleventh Avenue, is being built in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Residents will drive through a gate and into a lift, which will take them to the private garage attached to their apartments. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects  Selldorf Tower Offers Lofty Perk The tower, called 200 Eleventh Avenue, is being built in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Residents will drive through a gate and into a lift, which will take them to the private garage attached to their apartments. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects  Selldorf Tower Offers Lofty Perk The tower, called 200 Eleventh Avenue, is being built in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Residents will drive through a gate and into a lift, which will take them to the private garage attached to their apartments. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects  Selldorf Tower Offers Lofty Perk The tower, called 200 Eleventh Avenue, is being built in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Residents will drive through a gate and into a lift, which will take them to the private garage attached to their apartments. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects Selldorf Tower Offers Lofty Perk Car lift and garage rooms project from tower’s back wall, within the core. Image courtesy Selldorf Architects  Elegant limestone and brick facades conceal dramatic entry sequences, grand staircases, and rich millwork—these are the historic residences of Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

]]> 0806ancient.asp Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7636-institute-for-the-study-of-the-ancient-world Images courtesy Selldorf Architects, © Andrea Brizzi, Nikolas Koenig Images courtesy Selldorf Architects, © Andrea Brizzi, Nikolas Koenig Images courtesy Selldorf Architects, © Andrea Brizzi, Nikolas Koenig Images courtesy Selldorf Architects, © Andrea Brizzi, Nikolas Koenig The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute has selected Selldorf Architects to renovate its museum in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

]]> 070selldorf.asp Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/6513-the-archrecord-interview-annabelle-selldorf The High Line, the Manhattan elevated railway that’s undergoing conversion from industrial artifact to public green space, is the work of a trifecta of design-world giants, including architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro, landscape studio Field Operations, and the lighting design firm L’Observatoire.

]]> 080103highline.asp Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/4152-luxury-condos-continue-to-sprout-by-high-line Images courtesy Selldorf Architects Images courtesy Selldorf Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects