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  • Introduction
  • Clients
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    • The Arts >
      • The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
      • The Center for Fiction
      • The Irish Repertory Theatre
      • Symphony Space
      • The Palace Theatre
      • Alice Tully Hall
      • Harlem School of the Arts
      • Film at Lincoln Center
      • Ballet Hispanico
      • The New Jersey Performing Arts Center
      • Paul Hall
      • Tieger Art Barn
      • City Center Theater
    • Educational >
      • Mary McDowell Friends School
      • St. Luke's School
      • The Berkeley Carroll School
      • Lycée Français De New York
      • Grace Church School
      • The Convent of the Sacred Heart
      • The Julliard School
      • The School of American Ballet
      • Stephen Gaynor School
    • Private Clubs >
      • The RIver Club
      • 14th Street YMCA
      • YMCA of Greater New York
      • American Numismatic Society
    • Religious >
      • B'nai Jeshurun
      • Grace Church
      • St. Bart's Church
      • The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
      • Marble Collegiate Church
      • Magen David Yeshiva
    • Residential >
      • Skylofts
      • Private Penthouse
      • The Apthorp
      • St. Luke's Townhouses
      • NJPAC One Theater Square
      • Private Clients
    • Museums >
      • The Brooklyn Museum of Art
      • Brooklyn Children's Museum
      • Museum of Modern Art
      • The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
      • The American Folk Art Museum
      • The Institute of Contemporary Art
      • The Nassau County Museum of Art
      • MoMA PS1
      • The New York Botanical Garden
      • Sculpture Center
    • Public Spaces >
      • Harlem Meer Center in Central Park
      • The New York Botanical Garden (Haupt Conservatory)
      • The New York Botanical Garden (Plant Studies Center)
      • Greater Newark Conservancy
      • The New York Botanical Garden (Children's Adventure Garden)
      • The New York Botanical Garden (Restaurant & Ballroom)
      • The New York Botanical Garden (Visitor & Discovery Center)
    • Corporate >
      • Christie's Office Restack
      • Christie's Fine Arts Storage Services
      • David Yurman Design
    • Airports >
      • Aer Lingus
      • British Airways
      • Continental Airlines
    • Hospitality >
      • The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
      • Westin Hotels and Resorts
      • Mokum Restaurant
      • The Lotte New York Palace
      • The Sheraton Hotel
    • Social Services >
      • Good Shepherd Services
      • Sheltering Arms
      • Clinton Association for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
      • Part of the Solution (POTS)
    • Governmental >
      • United States Botanic Garden
      • United Nations Headquarters
  • Awards and Honors
  • Our Team
    • Séamus G. Henchy
    • Paul Golden
    • Miriam Molnár
    • Jessica Greene
  • Contact

​The American Folk Art Museum

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Project: New Museum
Location: New York, New York
Services Performed: Project Manager 
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates
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This new museum building consists of approximately 30,000 s.f. of gallery space, library, rare book room, auditorium, administrative offices, shop and café. This project required highly sensitive environmental control, which is vital to the collections' ongoing preservation. The project was carried out using a public/private initiative.

Since opening to the public, the building has been highly acclaimed by the architectural press in the U.S. and internationally. The project was delivered on time and under budget. The New York Times architectural critic, Herbert Muschamp, following his review of the new building shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks wrote on December 14, 2001, "We can stop waiting for state officials to produce plans for redeveloping the City’s Financial District. The rebuilding of New York has already begun. The New American Folk Art Museum in midtown, is a bighearted building. And its heart is in the right time as well as the right place. The 19th century philosophy of 'truth to materials' is applied more consistently here than in buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright. I see the building's flaring facade as the wings of my personal holiday angel. It tops my New York tree." 

​​Awards received: 
- Best cultural building and best overall building in the world for 2001 by World Architecture Magazine. 
- 2003 AIA National Honor Award for excellence in Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design.
Séamus Henchy and Associates, Inc.
145 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
T: 212.431.7175
E: [email protected]

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Recipient of the CMAA Project of the Year Honorable Mention Award - Metro NY/NJ Chapter.
Recognized as Top Owners' Representative Firm by The Architect's Newspaper and Recipient of multiple awards for our projects.