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Aldrich Museum expands - Front Page - Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conn., - Brief Article
Art in America, Oct, 2003
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Conn., broke ground in September for an expansion and renovation project to be completed next year. The $9-million scheme, designed by the Boston architecture firm Tappe Associates, calls for some 25,000 square feet of new and redesigned exhibition space. The project consists of the renovation of the original 1783 structure, the demolition of a 1986 wing and the construction of a 19,000 square-foot building. Conforming to the strict building codes of the historic community's town center, the new addition will be made of white clapboard and Connecticut granite and will feature a double-peaked, lead-coated copper roof. A series of terraced steps will connect the addition to the original museum building.
Among the new facilities are an education center, a screening room, a multiuse performance space that seats 100, a project room with a 22-foot-high ceiling, and a 5,000-square-toot area for storage and conservation. The plan also entails an entrance plaza as well as a two-acre sculpture garden behind the museum. Designed by Massachusetts-based landscape architect Richard Burke, the garden will be used for changing exhibitions of outdoor sculpture and environmental art. Currently closed during the construction and renovation process, the museum plans to reopen in May with two group shows co-organized by the Aldrich, "Into My World: Recent British Sculpture" and "Erotic Drawing."
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