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Johnson Museum of Art | New Wing
Cornell University
LERA was the structural engineer for a new 17,000-sf addition to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, as well as renovations to the existing 5-story, 60,000-sf facility. Originally designed by I.M. Pei in 1973, the new wing adds a dramatic new sculptural glass-and-concrete entryway and lobby, gallery space, art storage, office space, workshop studios and a 150-seat lecture hall. The site’s sloping topography allows daylight to penetrate down to the gallery level, providing views throughout of a Japanese garden set into the hillside. Linked to the main building on two levels below grade, the addition’s separate entry makes it possible to host events without having to open the museum in its entirety. A 6,000-sf renovation to the 5th Floor expanded gallery space for the Asian art collection by 50%.
Location
Client
Cornell University
Architect
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Awards
Award of Excellence, 2015
Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), New York Council
Design of Honor Award, 2014
American Institute of Architects New York (AIA NY)
The International Architecture Award, 2013
Chicago Athenaeum / European Centre
The American Architecture Award, 2013
Chicago Athenaeum
Award of Merit – Out of Area, 2013
Concrete Industry Board (CIB)
Gold Medal, 2012
American Concrete Institute (ACI), Central New York Chapter
Preservation Award, 2012
Historic Ithaca