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| David Chipperfield to Create New Master Plan for Penn Museum The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, announced the appointment of renowned British architect David Chipperfield to develop a comprehensive new master plan to take the Museum, its complex historical building, and its international research, collections and educational outreach into the 21st century. Chipperfield was selected following an international search by a committee composed of representatives of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's Board of Overseers and staff, and the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services. “The Penn Museum is one of the great treasures of the University, the city of Philadelphia, the region, and the world, ” noted Dr. Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania. “More than a century since its grand building first opened in 1899, now is an appropriate and exciting time to re-envision the Museum—and to do so with an architect of such international stature.” London- and Berlin-based David Chipperfield Architects has won some of Europe’s most prestigious commissions, including the master plan for Museum Island and the restoration of the Neues Museum in Berlin. His U.S. projects include the recently announced expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa; and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. This will be the first Philadelphia-area project for the celebrated architect. Chipperfield Architects will be partnering locally with Atkin Olshin Lawson-Bell Architects and landscape architects Olin Partnership. Keast & Hood Structural Engineers and Marvin Waxman Engineers, and cost consultant Davis Langdon round out the team. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |