Architectural Record — "Studio Gang’s Gilder Center Materializes at the American Museum of Natural History"
“The Studio Gang project’s ambition is to better connect the museum’s nearly five million annual visitors with its collections and programming, establishing adjacencies and links among scientific disciplines and AMNH’s diverse holdings. . . . To make way for the 230,000-square-foot project, while minimizing its impact on the surrounding Theodore Roosevelt Park, three structures that were part of the complex have been demolished. The strategy allowed the new construction to be inserted deeply into the museum’s existing footprint and resulted in an expression on the complex’s exterior that is relatively modest in scale—something that passersby on Columbus Avenue can now appreciate, nearly three years after the start of construction. . . . Though seemingly compact on the outside, from the interior, the addition should feel more expansive—especially within the four-story skylit atrium that is now taking shape. The canyon-like space takes its cues from natural processes such as erosion and weathering, and from hydrologic flows.”
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Architectural Record — "Aquamarine"
“With the St. Regis, a turquoise riverfront tower, Studio Gang adds another innovative form to the Chicago skyline.”
Architectural Record — "American Museum of Natural History in New York Breaks Ground on Jeanne Gang–Designed Building"
“With many large openings offering glimpses of the various exhibition spaces, the new building’s light-filled and airy central hall will emphasize the connectedness of scientific disciplines while sparking curiosity in visitors.”
Frame — "Museums Break Loose"
“The undulating extension will sit at the heart of the ten-building campus, creating approximately 30 new connections between the existing buildings as well as a vast new series of modern galleries, breathing new life into a sprawling complex.”