First came the Menil, then the Twombly, Nasher, High, and Morgan. In 2008, two more opened, and half a dozen are under way. It’s official: Renzo Piano Building Workshop has become the master of the American museum, and—dare we say it?—a 21st century McKim, Mead, and White.
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Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Cooper, Robertson #38; Partners
Downtown building for the Whitney Museum of American Art New Yor…
Downtown building for the Whitney Museum of American Art New York Architect of record: Cooper, Robertson & Partners Expected completion: 2012
LACMA
Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion Los Angeles Execut…
Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion Los Angeles Executive architect: Gensler Expected completion: 2010
Robert Irwin, Museum Associates/LACMA
Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA Los Angeles Executive arc…
Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA Los Angeles Executive architect: Gensler Completed in 2008
The Art Institute Of Chicago
The modern wing at The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Architec…
The modern wing at The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Architect of record: InterActive Design Expected completion: 2009
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum expansion Boston Architect of re…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum expansion Boston Architect of record: Burt, Hill Expected groundbreaking: 2010
Katya Kallsen, President and Fellows of Harvard College
Fogg Museum and Busch-Reisinger Museum renovation and expansion …
Fogg Museum and Busch-Reisinger Museum renovation and expansion at Harvard University Cambridge, Mass. Architect of record: Payette Expected completion: 2013
Tim Griffith
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco Local architect: St…
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco Local architect: Stantec Architecture (formerly Chong Partners Architecture) Completed in 2008
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Kimbell Art Museum expansion Fort Worth, Texas Architect of reco…
Kimbell Art Museum expansion Fort Worth, Texas Architect of record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Expected completion: 2012