https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1494 en-us Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16701 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:04:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16701-mecanoo-and-beyer-blinder-belle-update-the-new-york-public-librarys-beaux-arts-main-branch Among several other components, the Design Vanguard firm will convert the museum’s main retail space into a special exhibition gallery. 

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16601 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:24:20 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16601-peterson-rich-office-selected-for-revamp-of-dining-and-retail-spaces-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art The renovation of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's longtime East Village home includes an expanded lobby, enhanced performances spaces, and a refreshed facade.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16193 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:14:35 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16193-beyer-blinder-belle-gives-new-life-to-a-downtown-theater-space-in-new-york LaMaMa_Ext02a-min.jpg Storefront view of La MaMa's freshly renovated The Club and Community Art Space building at 74 East 4th Street in Manhattan. The 1873 building is one of two East Village spaces populated by the venerable downtown cultural institution. Photo by John Bartelstone Photography LaMaMa_Lobby_Int02.webp The building's lobby space was enlarged with a focus on improved accessibility. Photo by John Bartlestone Photography LaMaMa_2ndFlr-Studio_Int01.webp The second-floor performance Space, The Club, at La MaMa. A larger theater venue is located just down the street. Photo by John Bartlestone Photography http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15987 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:32:52 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15987-oma-completes-yin-and-yang-towers-on-the-brooklyn-waterfront OMA-Greenpoint-2.webp OMA's project in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood consists of two high-rises with a seven-story midrise sandwiched between them. Photo by Jason O'Rear OMA-Greenpoint-1.jpg There are four cantilevers of 24 feet each on the Eagle tower. Photo by Jason O'Rear OMA-Greenpoint-3.webp Eight by eight feet windows offer commanding views from the apartments. Photo by John Cole OMA-Greenpoint-4.webp Generous amenity spaces feature ceiling heights of up to 30 feet. Photo by Jason O'Rear Part of a development that rehabilitates historic school buildings and adds 492 apartments, the museum seeks to revitalize a long-neglected part of southwest D.C.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15934 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:20:19 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15934-beyer-blinder-belle-completes-rubell-museum-in-washington-dc Rubell Museum.jpg The second location of the Miami-based Rubell Museum opened last week in Southwest D.C with a wide-ranging exhibition of contemporary art. Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle HS_DSC01393_4_5-Edit_result2.webp Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle RUBELL_202_result2.webp Installation view, left to right: Christopher Myers and Vaughn Spann in What’s Going On. Photo © Chi Lam RUBELL_302_result2.webp Installation view, left to right: Gary Simmons, Leonardo Drew and Natalie Ball, What’s Going On. Photo © Chi Lam Miller-J_ARefusalToAcceptLimits-09_result2.webp A Refusal to Accept Limits (2007) by John Miller. Image courtesy the Rubell Museum. http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15165 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15165-th-street-library 40th-Street-Library-01-B.jpg A striking new aluminum “hat” covers the 40th Street Library's roof mechanical systems. Photo © John Bartelstone Completed in 1962 and abandoned in 2001, Eero Saarinen’s bird-like building at JFK Airport in New York now serves as a spectacular lobby for the new hotel.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14059 Wed, 15 May 2019 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14059-twa-hotel-at-jfk-gives-new-life-to-saarinens-flight-center The new TWA Hotel at JFK Airport Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell Sunken Lounge at the TWA Hotel features its original Chili Pepper Red Carpet and authentic penny tile. Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell View toward The Sunken Lounge (and the hotel’s 1958 Lockheed Constellation “Connie”) from the terminal’s front entrance Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell The Sunken Lounge and the Paris Café by Jean-Georges Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell Flight Tube No. 2 leads to the Hughes Wing of the TWA Hotel. Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell View from the London Club area Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell The 1962 Room at the TWA Hotel is a 4,200-square-foot event space with 15-foot ceilings. Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell A display of vintage TWA crew uniforms by such designers as Valentino, Stan Herman, and Ralph Lauren are on display at the hotel. Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell The New-York Historical Society curated an exhibition of vintage TWA air hostess uniforms. Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell Flight Tube No. 2 Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell The new TWA Hotel at JFK Airport Photo © TWA Hotel/David Mitchell The project will transform and expand the school’s primary facility.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13578 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13578-harvard-gsd-taps-herzog-de-meuron-and-beyer-blinder-belle-for-gund-hall-expansion Gund Hall, designed by GSD graduate John Andrews Image courtesy Harvard University Graduate School of Design Gund Hall, designed by GSD graduate John Andrews Image courtesy Harvard University Graduate School of Design Gund Hall, designed by GSD graduate John Andrews Image courtesy Harvard University Graduate School of Design Gund Hall, designed by GSD graduate John Andrews Image courtesy Harvard University Graduate School of Design The architectural team of Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle has been hard at work on the New York Public Library’s master plan for more than a year.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13204 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13204-nypl-substitutes-a-master-plan-for-a-masterpiece The New York Public Library recently unveiled its renovation plans. Photo courtesy Atibordee Kongprepan/Flickr In 2013, Foster + Partner presented a controversial proposa​l to replace the stacks and books with a circulating library.  Image Courtesy NYPL A rendering of the Astor Room from Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle’s master plan for the New York Public Library. Rendering courtesy Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle A rendering of the Center for Reading and Learning from Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle’s master plan for the New York Public Library. Rendering courtesy Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle A rendering of new exhibit space from Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle’s master plan for the New York Public Library.  Rendering courtesy Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle A rendering of the 40th Street entrance from Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle’s master plan for the New York Public Library. Rendering courtesy Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A multidisciplinary design team applies a light and skillful touch to restore luster to a faded Lower Manhattan landmark while bringing it up to current standards.

]]> 1402-thurgood-marshall-us-courthouse-beyer-blinder-belle-architects-and-planners.asp Sat, 15 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7418-thurgood-marshall-u-s-courthouse Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse The Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse has just emerged from a $314 million renovation. The courthouse, built in 1936 and designed by Cass Gilbert, rises 31 stories above Lower Manhattan's Foley Square, where it is surrounded by other courthouses and public buildings.   Photo © Timothy Schenck Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse At night, the campanile-like tower is illuminated in a way that accentuates the glow of the gilded terra-cotta tile roof.   Photo © Timothy Schenck Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In order to enhance lighting levels in the lobby, designers have hidden new uplights in the tops of the refurbished chandeliers.   Photo © Timothy Schenck Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse Designers have deployed additional strategies to improve lighting quality thought the courthouse: within the decorative plaster detail of the building's ceilings, they have inserted downlights, and in the courtrooms and other spaces they have increased the number of pendant fixtures by replicating the historic originals.   Photo © Timothy Schenck Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In order not to detract from the library’s beamed ceiling painted to look like wood, the project team routed sprinklers through a mezzanine level added to the double-story room in the 1950s.   Photo © Timothy Schenck Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In the years preceding the renovation, security equipment proliferated haphazardly in the courthouse's entry.   Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In the years preceding the renovation, security equipment proliferated haphazardly in the courthouse's entry.   Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In the years preceding the renovation, security equipment proliferated haphazardly in the courthouse's entry.   Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In the years preceding the renovation, security equipment proliferated haphazardly in the courthouse's entry.   Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse In the years preceding the renovation, security equipment proliferated haphazardly in the courthouse's entry.   Photo courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse As part of the renovation, designers restored the damaged ceiling in the library made of plaster painted to look like wood.   Photo courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse Workers replaced broken tiles on the courthouse's gilded terra-cotta tile roof with extra stock found stored in the building and with replicated units.   Photo courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners Admirers of the 1906 Morgan Library & Museum who felt that Renzo Piano’s 2006 expansion overshadowed the historic rooms of J. Pierpont Morgan’s former study and library — housed in an Italianate marble building designed by McKim, Mead & White principal Charles McKim — can banish pangs of resentment.

]]> morgan_library_museum.asp Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7657-the-morgan-library-museum The East Room, formerly J. Pierpont Morgan's personal library, features three levels of bookcases discreetly lit by customized LED fixtures. The Morgan Library & MuseumBeyer Blinder BelleNew York CityThe East Room, formerly J. Pierpont Morgan's personal library, features three levels of bookcases discreetly lit by customized LED fixtures.Photo © Graham Haber Lighting designer Richard Renfro transformed a blocked oculus into an effective, ambient source of daylight-like illumination for the displays of the elaborately decorated main rotunda. The Morgan Library & MuseumBeyer Blinder BelleNew York CityLighting designer Richard Renfro transformed a blocked oculus into an effective, ambient source of daylight-like illumination for the displays of the elaborately decorated main rotunda.Photo © Graham Haber The office of the Morgan's first director, the restored North Room houses the collection's earliest works in elegantly lit cases. The Morgan Library & MuseumBeyer Blinder BelleNew York CityThe office of the Morgan's first director, the restored North Room houses the collection's earliest works in elegantly lit cases.Photo © Graham Haber