The Chicago firm led by Jeanne Gang was commissioned to enlarge Kresge College, one of the residential buildings of the University of California, Santa Cruz. The greater part of the campus, located in a redwood forest, was built in the 1970s by the a
The Chicago practice led by Jeanne Gang has overhauled and expanded the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock. A sculpturally folded concrete canopy unites eight existing buildings – of different periods and architectural styles – that had been
The 154-year-old American Museum of Natural History across the upper west side of Central Park has a new wing that establishes a fluid connection among the institution’s various buildings. The new educational programs of the AMNH are organized around
At the base of the tower, the preexisting square is decomposed into a topography of gardens and pedestrian spaces. At its top, a glass pavilion supported by a steel corolla structure offers 360-degree views of Paris and houses a théâtre de verdure...
Arranged in the manner of the petals of a flower, the mobile steel panels of the theater’s roof open up in a helicoidal order, each one unfolding over its neighbor in an impressive kinetic spectacle.
The natural resistance of Douglas fir tree wood to mildew has made it possible to build the pavilion cutting down on the number chemical treatments usually applied. The structure is completed with fiberglass to increase its curvature.