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THE SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM: PHOTOGRAPHS

On March 1st, 2004 we inaugurated our extraordinary new home, brilliantly designed by Roger Duffy of the internationally-based architecture firm SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP). The SOM design is a dazzling work of contemporary architecture featuring a permanent gallery for the core exhibit Skyscraper/City, a gallery for changing exhibitions, a bookstore, and a mezzanine for staff offices. The design features polished stainless-steel floors and ceilings that reflect the floor-to-ceiling exhibition cases into endless verticals, generating a sense of towering volumes. A large-scale "light box" by artist James Turrell will form the Museum's entrance. This will be Turrell's first outdoor public artwork in New York, and it will be an icon of light and hope in the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan.

The following photographers have documented the architecture of the new gallery by SOM.

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Photo courtesy Robert Polidori

Robert Polidori
LAUNCH POLIDORI SLIDESHOW

Photo courtesy Richard Berenholtz

Richard Berenholtz
LAUNCH BERENHOLTZ SLIDESHOW

Photo courtesy Grant Peterson

Grant Peterson
LAUNCH PETERSON SLIDESHOW