The Frick Collection - Portico Gallery for Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Projects
Written By Richard Renfro
 

2011
Davis Brody Bond / Stephen Saitas Designs
New York, NY

800 GSF

Museums & Galleries
Restorations

2012
Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District, Renaissance Award
AIA NY, Design Merit Award

The Frick Collection’s Portico Gallery for Decorative Arts and Sculpture is the first new exhibition space to be added to the museum in nearly 35 years. The gallery has transformed an exterior loggia facing the Frick’s Fifth Avenue garden into a new interior space for the display of sculpture and porcelain artworks drawn from the museum’s collection.

A primary challenge was transforming the outdoor space without disturbing the building’s original limestone walls, columns or ceiling. RDG’s design employed a discreet track system incorporated into the new glass curtain wall with a series of custom replica pendant lanterns to match the existing garden fixtures. The new pendants included hidden adjustable accents to highlight the display cases and sculptures in the space.

 
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