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On Friday, London’s National Gallery shared initial proposals for the project as it begins a phase of public consultation. We were selected in July 2021 to lead a multidisciplinary team to create a more welcoming and accessible National Gallery on the occasion of the upcoming 2024 bicentenary. The project includes remodeling parts of the Sainsbury Wing, the public realm, as well as a new Research Centre and Members House in the Wilkins Building. We’re so pleased to be working alongside Purcell Architecture, Vogt Landscape Architects and Arup and the Gallery’s team! To learn more, visit: https://www.selldorf.com/sa-news/national-gallery-reveals-initial-design-proposals

NATIONAL GALLERY REVEALS INITIAL DESIGN PROPOSALS - Selldorf Architects - New York On February 18, London’s National Gallery shared initial proposals for the NG200 project as it begins a phase of public consultation. Selldorf Architects was selected in July 2021 as lead of a multidisciplinary team to create a more welcoming and accessible National Gallery on the occasion of the ...

This Wednesday (2/9)! Sara and Anne from Selldorf Architects will be joining the Center for Architecture (AIANY) Women in Architecture's Annual Speed Mentoring Event. Register below! https://calendar.aiany.org/2022/02/09/women-in-architecture-speed-mentoring-2/

Women in Architecture Speed Mentoring - Calendar - AIA New York / Center for Architecture Please join the AIANY Women in Architecture Committee (WIA) for our 13th annual Speed Mentoring event, which is going virtual for the second year in a row!

We’re very proud Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street has earned an Honor Award for Architecture in the 2022 Center for Architecture (AIANY) Design Awards! Announcing the award, the jury commended the power of the building in its ability to put art in a civic landscape through the operability of large windows at the ground and second levels, inviting the public realm into the building and vice versa for art to be seen within the context of the city. Thank you to the jurors and Center for Architecture (AIANY)! We are grateful for our longstanding partnership with Hauser & Wirth and deeply appreciate the opportunity to create special places for their art and artists. Congratulations to all the winners!

https://www.selldorf.com/sa-news/hauser-wirth-22nd-street-receives-honor-award-from-aiany

Happy Holidays from Selldorf Architects! Pictured on our card this year is a construction photograph from a recent site visit to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) in La Jolla, CA. The Selldorf-designed renovation and addition is set to open in April of 2022.

Congratulations to The Frick Collection and , named one of Architectural Digest’s Works of Wonder, a list of 20 of the best projects from around the world. Selldorf Architects closely collaborated on the installation with the Frick team of Xavier F. Salomon, Deputy Director & Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, Aimee Ng, Curator and Stephen Saitas, Exhibition Designer. Frick Madison will be open to the public throughout the planned renovation of the Frick’s historic mansion on 70th Street.

See the entire list here: https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/here-is-the-first-ever-ad-wow-list-2022/

Here’s the first ever 2022 AD WOW List In a global collaboration, all international editors of Architectural Digest joined forces to celebrate the best new projects from around the world—all designed by talents on our AD100 and AD50 lists. Look out for the two India-winners. Congratulations to Abha Narain Lambah Associates and Vir Muel...

We’re delighted to see our Marfa residence grace the cover of January’s Architectural Digest. Annabelle Selldorf notes, “The architectural vocabulary is a simple series of volumes that speak to one another but feel distinct from the old architecture.” The project included updates to a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival house designed by Henry Charles Trost, a pair of ground-up buildings for the family’s guest house and garage/gym, and an entertaining pavilion. Completed in collaboration with landscape designer Madison Cox and interiors by Jeffrey Bilhuber. Written by Sam Cochran and photographed by William Jess Laird with styling by Colin King.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-a-historic-marfa-home-transformed-by-ad100-designers

Inside a Historic Marfa Home Transformed by AD100 Designers With the help of AD1OO triumvirate Madison Cox, Annabelle Selldorf, and Jeffrey Bilhuber, a Texas twosome make a Marfa landmark their own

We are honored to see Annabelle Selldorf and Selldorf Architects
included in the Hall of Fame on this year’s ! It is a thrilling award and speaks to the incredible clients, collaborators, and staff we have been fortunate to work with over the last three decades.

Thank you Amy Astley and Architectural Digest for this tremendous recognition and congratulations to all the talented and inspiring people on this year’s list.

Image: The Brubeck Sofa by Vica by Annabelle Selldorf in the Maupin Tonchi - Osborne apartment. Photographed by Nicholas Venezia for Selldorf Architects.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ad100-2022-annabelle-selldorf

52 Walker, David Zwirner's new Tribeca exhibition space led by director Ebony L. Haynes, opened on October 28 with Kandis Williams’s “A Line,” an exhibition of video, collages and sculpture. The gallery, with original cast-iron columns, wood floor and tin ceiling, evokes the roughhewn, loft galleries in SoHo during the 70s and 80s. The gallery is two full floors, with the exhibition area on the ground level of the five-story, landmark building. Windows on the north and south allow natural light into the lower level, which consists of private offices and viewing rooms. The exhibition marks Williams’s first solo presentation in New York.

Photo Credit: Nicholas Venezia, courtesy of Selldorf Architects

Today! As part of The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Seminar on Glass, partner Sara Lopergolo, FAIA, will participate in a panel discussion about the process behind the Selldorf Architects designed exhibition “In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain During the 1700s”. The show, which runs through January 2022, takes you through “...the glittering social life of the British elite and feel the tension between the exuberance of the fashionable world and the human price of such sparkling company.” The virtual seminar takes place over two days, and you can register on Corning’s website. Sara is on panel #3 from 1:30 – 2:30 pm EDT.

https://whatson.cmog.org/lecture-seminars/59th-annual-seminar-glass

On Friday, October 1st, Sara Lopergolo FAIA, presented the firm’s work, including plans for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego that opens Spring 2022 as Keynote Speaker for AIA|LA Women in Architecture Committee’s Powerful 8 conference. After her presentation, partners Annabelle Selldorf, Julie Hausch-Fen and Lisa Green joined Sara for a conversation about leading the firm. It was an inspiring event, and we are grateful to be in the company of so many powerful speakers. Special thanks to Jennifer Noel Wong, AIALA WIA Chair!

https://www.aialosangeles.org/aiala-events/powerful/

A challenging task with no right or wrong answers, T: The New York Times Style Magazine invited three architects, three journalists, and two designers to make a list of the 25 most significant pieces of Postwar Architecture. Annabelle Selldorf joined Toshiko Mori, Vincent Van Duysen, Tom Dixon, Es Devlin, Nikil Saval, Tom Delavan, and Kurt Soller to lobby for or against architecture they felt had not only reshaped the world and era in which it was built but had endured and remained influential today. Read the thought-provoking conversation here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/t-magazine/significant-postwar-architecture.html

The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II. Here are the results.

We are thrilled and honored to share the following news: our team was selected to complete a suite of capital projects to mark the National Gallery’s Bicentenary in London! The team, comprised of Purcell Architecture, Vogt Landscape Architects, Arup, AEA Consulting, Pentagram, Kaizen, and Kendrick Hobbs will work with the National Gallery to complete the initial phase of works to its Trafalgar Square buildings to greatly improve the ‘welcome’ it provides to the millions of visitors it receives each year. This will include remodeling parts of the Sainsbury Wing and the public realm, and the provision of a new Research Centre. The interventions will be pivotal in reshaping the National Gallery for its third century and the next generation of visitors.

Director of the National Gallery, Dr Gabriele Finaldi said: ‘We are delighted to appoint Selldorf Architects as the design-team partner for NG200. Throughout the selection process, Selldorf Architects demonstrated a real understanding of our ambitions as well as sensitivity to the heritage of our existing buildings.’

Annabelle Selldorf added: ‘It is an honour to be appointed to work alongside The National Gallery on their NG200 project. This is a significant opportunity for an iconic cultural institution to reflect on its ambitions for the future and drive forwards an innovative, bespoke brief befit for its many visitors. The National Gallery is home to one of the most exceptional collections of art in the world and has often led the way for other institutions globally. Our team will work sensitively and thoughtfully with the National Gallery, guided by their vision for a Gallery of the future that is inspiring, sustainable, and truly inclusive.’

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/national-gallery-picks-us-architect-for-sainsbury-wing-upgrade@

National Gallery picks US architect for Sainsbury Wing upgrade A team led by New York-based Selldorf Architects has won the contest to upgrade the National Gallery's Grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing, seeing off a number of big-name UK practices

The Shaker Museum, an adaptive reuse and expansion of a historic building in Chatham, New York, is featured in The New York Times Art & Design section. Written by Patricia Leigh Brown, the article has one of the first published renderings of the collection's new home, which will include permanent and rotating exhibition spaces, a conservation and storage facility, a public reading room, and a community space. The landscape, designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, has small concentric circles based on Shaker dances and will connect the community to a Shaker-inspired garden with medicinal and native plants. Other renderings and drawings are on display now in the pop-up exhibition “The Future is a Gift” in Chatham, where you can also see objects from Shaker Museum's collection.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/arts/design/Shaker-Museum-chatham.html

The Shakers Are Movers, Too The country’s most significant collection of Shaker objects, out of public view for a decade, will relocate to an $18 million museum complex designed by Annabelle Selldorf.

Tonight! Join us for the 21st Annual Axline Lecture about the expansion of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, currently under construction in La Jolla.

Tonight! Partner Sara Lopergolo, FAIA will be discussing our projects at Luma Arles as part of the French Architecture Series with Alliance Française de Chicago.

Join us next Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. CT for the first in our New French Architecture Series – Luma Arles! We'll meet Sara Lopergolo, FAIA, Partner at Selldorf Architects, and discuss the contemporary arts center located in Arles, France. Register today and save on the full lecture series! → https://afchicago.com/L04FA3de

We are honored and thrilled to be included on the shortlist for the National Gallery London’s competition to enhance the Grade I listed Sainsbury Wing in preparation of their 200th Anniversary celebration in 2024. The project includes a reconfiguration of the ground floor entrance to enhance the welcome experience, upgrades to visitor amenities, a new Research Center, and improvements to the public realm via the connection between the Gallery and Trafalgar Square. The highly competitive selection process is being managed by Malcolm Reading Consultants; our team includes Purcell, Vogt Landscape Architects, Arup, and AEA consulting. https://competitions.malcolmreading.com/nationalgallery/news/shortlist-announced

The National Gallery announces six shortlisted design teams for its… The National Gallery is seeking a multi-disciplinary design team to work with it on a suite of capital projects to mark its bicentenary.

has been open for a couple of weeks now, and we’re thrilled to see how well it has been received. We were honored to work with The Frick Collection team to design this radically different exhibition inside the Marcel Breuer masterpiece on Madison Avenue while their 70th Street home undergoes its renovation and expansion. Glowing reviews and in-depth coverage have appeared in The Art Newspaper, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Architectural Record, to name a few. Visit our press page for links to some of our favorites and be sure to visit the stunning collection in its temporary home when possible: https://www.selldorf.com/press

“My strongest sentiment is that with this installation we proved that the Breuer is just a fantastic building and it can be a companion to this incredible old master painting collection. It was designed in a rigorous fashion and allowed us to lay out the spaces to both respect the architecture and foreground the art.” Annabelle Selldorf in about

Frick Brings A New Look To The Breuer: Selldorf Architects and the curatorial team created a series of temporary galleries for the The Frick Collection of European art, reframing its stories in the process. https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15027-frick-brings-a-new-look-to-the-breuer