Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
| Formerly | Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects |
|---|---|
| Company type | Architecture firm |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
Key people | Charles Gwathmey, Robert Siegel, Gene Kaufman |
| Website | http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com |
Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman & Associates Architects LLC (formerly Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects) is a New York City-based architectural firm founded in 1967 by architects Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel.
The firm's work ranges from art and educational facilities and major corporate buildings to furniture systems and decorative art objects.[1] Critics view Gwathmey Siegel's work as the stylistic successors of the formal modernism of Swiss architect Le Corbusier.[2] The firm is especially well known for its residential architecture[3][4] having designed houses for such famous clients as Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Ronald Lauder.[2] The architecture critic, Paul Goldberger, writing in 2005, described their houses as "expertly crafted, staggeringly expensive, and not particularly avant-garde."[5]
History
Gwathmey and Siegel met while students at The High School of Music & Art in New York City in the 1950s.[6]
The firm designed place settings for American Airlines.[7]
Gene Kaufman joined the firm as partner soon after Charles Gwathmey died of cancer in August 2009.[8] He acquired majority share and his name was added to the firm.[9]
Archives from the firm were donated to Yale in 2010.[10]
Selected works
- Henry Art Gallery (1979)[11]
- East Campus (Columbia University) (1982)[12] The façade had significantly deteriorated by 1991.[13]
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (adjoining structure, 1992)
- Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (1996)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2003)[14]
- 445 Lafayette Street, New York (2004)[5]
- Burchfield-Penney Art Center (2008)[15]
- Yale Art and Architecture Building (renovation & adjoining structure, 2008)[16]
- 400 Fifth Avenue (2010)
- Crocker Art Museum (2010)
- United States Mission to the United Nations[17]
- 90 Columbus, Jersey City[18]
References
- ^ Ojeda, Oscar Riera (1995), Ten Houses: Gwathmey Siegel, Rockport, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, Inc., ISBN 1-56496-216-4
- ^ a b Goldberger, Paul (March 12, 1995), "Houses as Art; The Masterpieces They Call Home", The New York Times
- ^ Kershaw, Sarah (September 23, 2010). "Gwathmey-Designed Apartment for Sale" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Vogel, Carol (December 27, 1987). "A Change of Space" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b Goldberger, Paul (May 2, 2005), "Green Monster", The New Yorker
- ^ "Notable Alumni," Alumni and Friends of LaGuardia High School website. Accessed Feb. 29, 2016.
- ^ "CURRENTS; Designs for Dining At 39,000 Feet". May 3, 1990 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, Firm Profile, retrieved 2008-08-29
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (June 6, 2011). "Architect Acquires Majority Share of Gwathmey Siegel".
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (December 20, 2010). "Architectural Archives Donated to Yale".
- ^ Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl (May 1, 2017). Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects, Second Edition. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295806891 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Architecture View; AN INGENIOUS ADVANCE IN HOUSING DESIGN; by Ada Louise Huxtable". October 4, 1981 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "POSTINGS: Columbia Dormitory; A New Facade". June 23, 1991 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Linn, Charles (January 2003), "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame", Architectural Record
- ^ "Buffalo Spree Magazine".
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (July 1, 2006), "Renovating a Master's Shrine: Yale's Art and Architecture Building", The New York Times
- ^ "POSTINGS: Gwathmey Siegel to Do Building Near U.N.; Architect Set for U.S. Mission". August 23, 1998 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Chaban, Matt A. V. (January 4, 2016). "Architect's Modernist Legacy Crosses the Hudson" – via NYTimes.com.