https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1435 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17901 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:04:58 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17901-design-ed-podcast-thomas-phifer-2025 goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17231 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:08:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17231-warsaws-museum-of-modern-art-is-a-lesson-in-contrast The sold-out Record on the Road symposium featured Thomas Phifer, Shohei Shigematsu, and the directors of three leading New York museums. 

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16163 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:59:37 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16163-record-discusses-designing-spaces-for-art-and-community-with-architects-and-museum-leaders IMG_7285.jpg Max Hollein, Thomas Phifer, Shohei Shigematsu, and Joseph Mizzi (left to right) pictured at Record on the Road, held on March 21 at the New Museum in Manhattan. Photo Pansy Schulman, Architectural Record IMG_7286_result2.webp Architectural Record editor in chief Josephine Minutillo with Lisa Phillips and Thelma Golden (left to right). Photo by Pansy Schulman, Architectural Record.  ROTR-1.jpg RECORD editor in chief Josephine Minutillo (far left) with the panelists. Photo by Pansy Schulman, Architectural Record The bucolic Maryland museum debuted a four-part work by Serra housed in a bespoke concrete cube.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15731 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:31:13 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15731-thomas-phifer-designs-pavilion-for-richard-serra-at-glenstone Thomas Phifer joins the podcast to discuss his firm’s design philosophy, starting the Thomas Phifer Fellowship at Clemson University, and the importance of light in architecture.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15598 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15598-designed-podcast-thomas-phifer-on-experience-form-and-light http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15519 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15519-mies-van-der-rohe-redux-the-eskenazi-school-of-art-architecture-design-by-thomas-phifer-and-partners http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15387 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15387-moody-amphitheater-and-waterloo-greenway Moody-Amphitheater-01-B.jpg The Moody Amphitheater’s 20,000-square-foot glass canopy is composed of alternating layers of truss elements and I-beams. Photo © Scott Frances The 20th anniversary of the awards program honors Thomas Phifer, IwamotoScott, and SCAPE Landscape Architecture, among others, for their excellence in design.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14133 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14133-cooper-hewitt-announces-2019-national-design-awards-winners The Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland by Thomas Phifer and Partners. The firm is a 2019 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winner for architecture design. Photo © Iwan Baan Goto House in San Francisco, California by IwamotoScott Architecture. The firm is a 2019 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winner for interior design. Photo © Bruce Damonte “Ecological Citizens” by SCAPE for the U.S. Pavilion exhibition “Dimensions of Citizenship” at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. The firm is a 2019 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award Winner for landscape architecture. Photo © Tom Harris, courtesy of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13632 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13632-glenstone-museum-by-thomas-phifer-and-partners Glenstone’s 11 galleries are dispersed among a “village” of variously sized cubic pavilions arranged in the 230-acre landscape. Photo © Iwan Baan Just inside the entrance to the museum is a wall piece by Lawrence Weiner. Photo © Iwan Baan Just inside the entrance to the museum is a wall piece by Lawrence Weiner. Photo © Ron Amstutz Both exterior and many interior walls are composed of smooth poured-concrete blocks. Photo © Iwan Baan Visitors can sit out on the central water court designed by PWP, or view it from above. Photo © Iwan Baan Although the pavilions, which appear to sink gently into the earth, look distinct from afar, they are all part of one cast-in-place-concrete and steel structure, connected below grade, with 50,000 square feet of galleries and the water court. The museum’s offices, on the same lower level, look toward a Michael Heizer piece, Compression Line. Photo © Iwan Baan Six of the galleries, including a room displaying sculptures by Cy Twombly, and one containing a triptych by Brice Marden, bring in daylight from above; a light well (Twombley’s) or a monitor (Marden’s) protrude beyond the ceiling to keep direct sun from the artworks. Photo © Iwan Baan Six of the galleries, including a room displaying sculptures by Cy Twombly, and one containing a triptych by Brice Marden, bring in daylight from above; a light well (Twombley’s) or a monitor (Marden’s) protrude beyond the ceiling to keep direct sun from the artworks. Photo © Iwan Baan Some passages that link the galleries contain art, such as Martin Puryear’s Big Phrygian. Lygia Pape’s colorful Book of Time is visible in her room. Photo © Ron Amstutz Some passages that link the galleries contain art, such as Martin Puryear’s Big Phrygian. Lygia Pape’s colorful Book of Time is visible in her room. Photo © Iwan Baan Swaying grasses and wild flowers surround the pavilions. The natural landscape can also be enjoyed from passageways inside, which frame views outside and to the water court with its abundant plant life. Photo © Iwan Baan Image courtesy Thomas Phifer & Partners Image courtesy Thomas Phifer & Partners Image courtesy Thomas Phifer & Partners Image courtesy Thomas Phifer & Partners A recent visit to the museum in Potomac, Maryland, offered a glimpse at a constellation of new structures, set to open in October.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13420 Mon, 21 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13420-sneak-peek-of-thomas-phifers-glenstone-expansion The Pavilions at Glenstone, by Thomas Phifer and Partners Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record The Pavilions at Glenstone, by Thomas Phifer and Partners Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record The Pavilions at Glenstone, by Thomas Phifer and Partners Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Glenstone Museum, by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Louise Bourgeios's "Cells" series includes intimate rooms constructed of found objects. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-06.jpg Louise Bourgeois. Cell (Choisy), 1990-1993. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-07.jpg Louise Bourgeois. The Destruction of the Father, 1974. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record A selection of mixed media works hangs in galleries of Glenstone's original Gwathmey Siegel building. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-09.jpg Richard Serra. Sylvester, 2001. © 2013 Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-10.jpg Andy Goldsworthy. Clay Houses (Boulder), 2007. © Andy Goldsworthy. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-12.jpg Tony Smith. Smug, 1973/2005. © The Estate of Tony Smith/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record 1505-corning-museum-of-glass-contemporary-art-design-wing-thomas-phifer-and-partners.asp Sat, 16 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7528-corning-museum-of-glass-contemporary-art-design-wing Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Large-scale glass works by artists including Tony Cragg and Kiki Smith, which sit on the floor, allowed architect Tom Phifer to design galleries with 20-foot-tall curving concrete walls that support the slender roof joists above and conceal mechanical equipment.   Photo © Iwan Baan Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing A long, narrow interior space, called the porch, has a 144-foot-long window overlooking a new Reed Hilderbrand–designed campus green, which replaces a parking lot but is a year away from completion.   Photo © Iwan Baan Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing The serrated skylighted roof features a mix of opaque metal panels and translucent and transparent glass panels to modulate daylight entering the gallery.   Photo © Iwan Baan Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing The black metal facade and horned roof of the renovated ventilator building sit in sharp contrast to Phifer’s frosty white box.   Photo © Iwan Baan Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing HVAC systems are embedded within the curving concrete walls   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Kiki Smith installing Constellation, a glass work from 1996   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Kiki Smith installing Constellation, a glass work from 1996   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Glass Sticks by Jun Kaneko (2001)   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Material Culture by Beth Lipman (2008)   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing The Design Gallery   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing The Design Gallery   Photo courtesy Architectural Record Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Architects don’t often get to design a new building for their alma mater. Yet Thomas Phifer, based in New York City, showed it’s possible to go home again—with success.

]]> 1311-lee-hall-addition-clemson-university-thomas-phifer-and-partners.asp Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7586-lee-hall-addition-clemson-university Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University Thomas Phifer’s addition to Lee Hall, Lee III, faces south, framed by a 180-foot-long porch. Slender metal Y-shaped columns support the steel-mesh canopy based on a 7.5-square-foot module.   Photo © Scott Frances Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University On the north, the 255-foot-long elevation is divided in half by a pedestrian bridge that links to the older Lee Hall buildings. On the east, a wing wall (far left in photo) follows the angle of a ravine.   Photo © Scott Frances Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University The 55,000-square-foot addition devoted to studios for architecture and related disciplines is subdivided into five sections by four two-story steel-and-glass bars housing faculty offices and seminar rooms. Between these independent structures are treelike columns topped by four branches that seem to grip the rounded fiberglass coffers of the twenty-five vented skylights.   Photo © Scott Frances Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University The mezzanine’s faculty offices overlook the art studio in the wedge-shaped area on the east end, where the wall angles at 64 degrees to follow the edge of a ravine.   Photo © Scott Frances Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University Studio furniture was designed by professors Robert Silance with Dan Harding and students.   Photo © Scott Frances Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University Trees, porch, and a long hall mitigate the sun load.   Photo © Scott Frances Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University Tom Phifer discusses Lee III with John Jacques, design facilitator with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture.   Photo © Annemarie Jacques Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University Tom Phifer discusses Lee III with John Jacques, design facilitator with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture.   Photo © Annemarie Jacques Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University John Jacques, professor emeritus and executive director of Clemson Architectural Foundation for Design + Building, with Kate Schwennsen, chair and professor at Clemson School of Architecture, stand in front of the north porch of Lee III.   Photo © Suzanne Stephens / Architectural Record Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University John Jacques of McMillan Pazdan Smith; Jeff Tiddy, project manager with McMillan Pazdan Smith; Tom Phifer; and Eric Richey, project architect with Thomas Phifer and Partners in front of Lee III.   Photo © John Jacques Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University A student critique in the wedge of Lee III.   Photo © Annemarie Jacques Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University   Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University   Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University   Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University   Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Tom Phifer said that he wants his new building for the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), in Raleigh, to disappear into the landscape.

]]> 1007north_carolina-1.asp Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8243-north-carolina-museum-of-art As you approach Thomas Phifer and Partners’ house in upstate New York, the long, steep climb up a winding country road ends not with a dramatic structure, nor a sweeping panorama; its denouement is merely a prelude to the multifaceted spatial sequence to come.

]]> 09upstateny-1.asp Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8773-upstate-new-york-house Upstate New York House Upstate New York House Photo © Scott Frances Upstate New York House Upstate New York House Photo © Scott Frances Upstate New York House Upstate New York House Photo © Scott Frances Upstate New York House Upstate New York House Photo © Scott Frances Upstate New York House Upstate New York House Photo © Scott Frances Upstate New York House Upstate New York House Photo © Scott Frances Photo © Scott Frances Photo © Scott Frances Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners Image courtesy Thomas Phifer and Partners You can almost hear the “Pomp and Circumstance March” as you stroll Rice University’s bucolic, 285-acre campus nestled in the heart of Houston, shielded from the hubbub of the city’s six-lane freeways and endless strip development.

]]> 0903brochstein-1.asp Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8159-raymond-and-susan-brochstein-pavilion For five years, Manhattan residents Cristina Grajales and Isabelle Kirshner rented a rustic former hunting cabin in Dutchess County, New York, for weekend getaways.

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