The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York has begun its long-awaited expansion and renovation

Art in America, March, 2009 by Stephanie Cash

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York has begun its long-awaited expansion and renovation. The museum is carving out new space by reconfiguring its main building, the former mansion of Andrew Carnegie, and two adjacent townhouses that it owns on 90th Street. Designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects along with Beyer Blinder Belle, the $64-million project will increase exhibition space from 10,000 to 17,000 square feet, most noticeably with the addition of a white-cube third-floor gallery in space currently occupied by the museum library, which will be moved into the townhouses. So far, the museum has raised 66 percent of necessary funds. Work is under way in the townhouses and is scheduled to begin in the mansion in 2011, with an estimated completion date of 2013.

--Artworld is compiled by Stephanie Cash