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.
| 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 | www |
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 edit
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 edit
- Henry Art Gallery (1979)[11]
- East Campus (Columbia University) (1982);[12] the facade had significantly deteriorated by 1991.[13]
- 1585 Broadway (1990)[14]
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (adjoining structure, 1992)
- Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (1996)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2003)[15]
- 445 Lafayette Street, New York (2004)[5]
- Burchfield-Penney Art Center (2008)[16]
- Yale Art and Architecture Building (renovation & adjoining structure, 2008)[17]
- 400 Fifth Avenue (2010)
- Crocker Art Museum (2010)
- United States Mission to the United Nations[18]
- 90 Columbus, Jersey City[19]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (1998). Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects: Selected and Current Works. Master architect series III. Images Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-875498-74-1.
- ^ 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.