Queens Museum

A renovation transforms the Flushing museum’s facade, bringing it to life for those passing on Grand Central Parkway; a new vision of its modern mission awaits inside, where a glass lantern suspended from a skylight and a new circulating stair enliven the decades-old space.

Queens, NY

A renovation transforms the Flushing museum’s facade, bringing it to life for those passing on Grand Central Parkway; a new vision of its modern mission awaits inside, where a glass lantern suspended from a skylight and a new circulating stair enliven the decades-old space.

Location: New York City Building, Queens, NY
Owners: Queens Museum, Queens, NY; New York City Department of Design & Construction, New York, NY
Architect: Grimshaw Architects, New York, NY
Executive Architect: Ammann & Whitney, New York, NY
Lead Structural Engineer: Ammann & Whitney, New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Buro Happold, New York, NY
Specialty Structures Engineer (interior lantern): M. Ludvik Engineering, Brooklyn, NY
General Contractor: Volmar Construction Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Construction Manager: URS Corporation, New York, NY
Architectural Metal Erector: CAPCo Steel, Providence, RI
Curtain Wall Erector: Action Storefronts, West Islip, NY