Jeremy Bittermann
The new wing of the University of Michigan Museum of Art is located on a primary pedestrian route near the heart of the campus and creates a prominent gateway to the university’s art collection for both students and the public. The building expands the physical space of the existing 1910 Beaux Arts structure, which benefited from a restoration and modernization.
Jury: “A new addition to an existing historic building reads as a new building and true to itself.”
Client: “One of the primary goals of the project was to formulate a design that would attract students to enter the building and become influenced by the art contained within. The architect located a major gallery in the corner of the building with significant exposure to the pedestrian route and used similar materials and a simple modern form that does not compete with the architectural vocabulary of the existing historic buildings. The investment [in hiring the architects] is a small price to pay for securing an outcome that will have a lasting influence on campus for the next century.” —Douglas Hanna, university architect
2011 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
Jury
David Miller, FAIA, (chair) The Miller Hull Partnership
Ashley Clark, Assoc. AIA, LandDesign
Curtis Fentress, FAIA, Fentress Architects
T. Gunny Harboe, FAIA, Harboe Architect
David Neuman, FAIA, University of Virginia
Louis Pounders, FAIA, ANF Architects
Sarah Snodgrass, AIAS Representative, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Allison Williams, FAIA, Perkins+Will
Jennifer Yoos, AIA, VJAA
Ford Assembly Building, Richmond, Calif.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C.
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Mich.
New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
One Jackson Square, New York
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas
Rooftop Garden, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Horizontal Skyscraper Vanke Center, Shenzhen, China
Diana Center, Barnard College, New York
U.S. Land Port of Entry, Warroad, Minn.