Highsnobiety.com (what do you think of that name?) states that the firm of Dillier Scofidio + Renfro is one of 10 we should know. Good news is this post comes after last week’s featuring Bjarke Ingels which means we now know 2. Woohoo to that!
In this post we feature a firm not an individual. Together Elizabeth Dillier, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Galmartin form Dillier Scofidio + Rentro a multidisciplinary team specializing in architecture, visual arts, and performing arts. They are based in New York City.
In chronological order let’s look at some of their designs.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
The firms first structure and first in the US, as well as a first museum to be built in Boston in almost a century. Now that’s cantilevered.
2006
The David H Koch Theatre at the Lincoln Centre, New York, New York
The renovation of the theatre and the redesign of the plaza was to regig a too formal space into a more open, transparent, and inclusive period.
2008
Highline, 20th Street, New York, New York
This former railway is now a 1.45 mile long elevated park.
2009
Juilliard School, Alice Tully Hall
The goal was to transform a good concert hall into a premier chamber music venue, one with street presence.
2009
Hirshorn Museum DC – Bubble
The bubble, meant to be an expansion for the Hirshorn Musem was nixed, but interesting concept.
2013
Berkeley Art Museum
The new building contrasts with the Art Deco building and provides space for exhibitions and screenings.
2015
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Dillier Scofidio + Renfro was selected for the expansion of the MoMa.
2017
Museum of Image and Sound, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The designers desire is that people can come of out of the ocean and stroll into the building.
Under construction
Stanford McMurthy Art Building
The 100,000 square foot building allows students studying art history and those studying fine arts to work together.
2015
The Broad, Los Angeles, California
The Broad is a new contemporary art museum and part of the revitalalization of downtown Los Angeles
2015
Vagelos Centre, New York, New York
This 100,000 square foot 14 storey glass tower rethinks the look and the operation of a medical centre campus.
2016
The Shed, New York, New York
This cultural centre will have a retractable canopy capable of creating a temporary space for events.
Under Construction
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