Projects
  • Projects
    • All
    • In Progress
      • 111 West 57TH Street
        2020
      • Korean Cultural Center
        2020
      • LA MAISON LVMH / Arts – Talents – Patrimoine
        2020
      • 50 Hudson Yards
        2020
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art British Galleries
        2020
      • New York State Pavilion Observation Towers and Tent of Tomorrow
        2020
      • Philadelphia Museum of Art Expansion
        2020
      • Fine Arts Building - Franklin & Marshall
        2019
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
        2019
      • The Frick Collection
        2019
      • Hunters Point Community Library
        2019
      • The Schwarzman Center Renovation at Yale University
        2019
      • 15 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • LUMA Foundation
        2019
      • Pudong Art Museum
        2019
      • Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Rubenstein Commons - Institute for Advanced Study
        2019
      • Taiwan Chinpaosan Necropolis
        2019
      • 500W25
        2019
      • Museum of Fine Arts Houston Campus Expansion
        2019
      • London Development Project
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Vessel
        2019
      • The REACH at the Kennedy Center
        2019
      • Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
        2019
      • Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
        2019
      • National Museum of Qatar
        2019
      • 30 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Gare d'Austerlitz
        2019
      • West Sea Art Bay "The Artists' Gardens"
        2019
      • Gare Montparnasse
        2019
      • Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem
        2019
      • Shinola Hotel
        2018
      • Château de Malleret
        2018
      • 2 World Trade Center
        2018
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2018
      • Agora Garden Tower
        2018
      • The Fitzroy New York
        2018
      • 100 Eleventh Avenue Renovation
        2016
      • Freshkills Park Master Plan
        2013
      • 125th Street Improvements
    • Museums + Cultural Institutions
      • Korean Cultural Center
        2020
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art British Galleries
        2020
      • LA MAISON LVMH / Arts – Talents – Patrimoine
        2020
      • Philadelphia Museum of Art Expansion
        2020
      • The Frick Collection
        2019
      • Taiwan Chinpaosan Necropolis
        2019
      • Pudong Art Museum
        2019
      • National Museum of Qatar
        2019
      • Fine Arts Building - Franklin & Marshall
        2019
      • Museum of Fine Arts Houston Campus Expansion
        2019
      • Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem
        2019
      • West Sea Art Bay "The Artists' Gardens"
        2019
      • Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
        2019
      • Musée du Louvre - Visiting Group's Reception Area
        2018
      • The Rooftop at Pier 17
        2018
      • Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
        2018
      • Museum of Sex
        2017
      • Musée du Louvre - Pyramid Renovation
        2017
      • Maggie’s Centre Barts
        2017
      • Under One Roof - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
        2016
      • Reorganization of the Carrousel du Louvre's lobby
        2016
      • Fondation Louis Vuitton
        2014
      • Aspen Art Museum
        2014
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
        2014
      • La Cinémathèque française
        2014
      • Lighting Design Proposal for the Eiffel Tower
        2013
      • Nanjing Sifang Art Museum
        2013
      • The Museum of Moving Image
        2011
      • Weisman Art Museum
        2011
      • Cite de l'Ocean et du Surf
        2011
      • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
        2010
      • Knut Hamsun Center
        2009
      • Art Gallery of Ontario
        2008
      • Musée des Arts décoratifs
        2007
      • Musée des Arts Décoratifs
        2006
      • The Bronx Museum of the Arts
        2006
      • Leeum Samsung Museum of Art
        2004
      • MoMA PS1
        2003
      • Bellevue Art Museum
        2001
      • Rose Center for Earth and Space Exhibit, American Museum of Natural History
        2000
      • Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
        1998
      • Chapel of Saint Ignatius
        1997
      • Musée du Louvre, Richelieu Wing
        1993
      • Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
    • Performing Arts Centers
      • The REACH at the Kennedy Center
        2019
      • Pierre Boulez Saal
        2017
      • Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle
        2015
      • The Museum of Moving Image
        2011
      • Alice Tully Hall Renovation
        2009
      • The Juilliard School Expansion
        2009
      • Queens Theatre in the Park
        2008
      • Guthrie Theater
        2006
      • Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
        2003
      • Walt Disney Concert Hall
        2003
    • Universities + Libraries
      • LUMA Foundation
        2019
      • The Schwarzman Center Renovation at Yale University
        2019
      • Hunters Point Community Library
        2019
      • Fine Arts Building - Franklin & Marshall
        2019
      • The REACH at the Kennedy Center
        2019
      • Rubenstein Commons - Institute for Advanced Study
        2019
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
        2019
      • Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
        2018
      • Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University
        2018
      • Under One Roof - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
        2016
      • Visual Arts Building, University of Iowa
        2016
      • Learning Hub
        2015
      • Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
        2015
      • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
        2011
      • The Juilliard School Expansion
        2009
      • Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse
        2007
      • Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
        2003
      • University São José dos Campos
        2003
      • College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
        2002
      • Langston Hughes Library
        1998
      • Cranbrook Institute of Science
        1998
    • Mixed Use
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • 2 World Trade Center
        2018
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2018
      • Pier 17
        2018
      • Sliced Porosity Block - Raffles City Chengdu
        2012
      • Taikoo Hui
        2012
      • 8 Spruce Street
        2011
      • Horizontal Skyscraper - Vanke Center
        2009
      • The Gates Shams Abu Dhabi
        2009
      • Linked Hybrid
        2009
    • Masterplans
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2018
      • Beale Street Landing
        2014
      • Freshkills Park Master Plan
        2013
      • Newtown Creek Waste Water Pollution Treatment Plant
        2012
      • Nanyang Technical University Master Plan
        2009
      • University of Miami Campus Master Plan
        2009
      • Camana Bay
        2006
      • Bard College Master Plan
        2005
      • University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
        2005
      • Olympic Village Competition
        2004
      • Hong Kong Harbor Master Plan Competition
        2004
    • Offices + Workplace
      • 50 Hudson Yards
        2020
      • 30 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • London Development Project
        2019
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2018
      • Château de Malleret
        2018
      • 10 Hudson Yards
        2017
      • Facebook Seattle Dexter Station
        2016
      • Facebook Menlo Park Headquarters
        2015
      • Facebook New York
        2014
      • Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
        2010
      • O-14
        2010
      • Horizontal Skyscraper - Vanke Center
        2009
      • IMG World Headquarters
        2008
      • One Island East
        2008
      • One Prospect Park – Sales Office
        2007
      • Exaltis
        2006
      • One Pacific Place
        2004
      • Novartis Campus, Fabrikstrasse 15
        2004
      • Cyberport
        2003
      • "ED-Lab" Distance Learning Centers
        2002
      • Sarphatistraat Offices
        2001
      • Trading Floor Operations Center at the New York Stock Exchange
        2001
      • Stadgenoot Offices
        2000
      • Sony Center
        2000
      • JVC Omnilife Headquarters
    • Hospitality
      • Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Bib&Guss Restaurant & Bar
        2018
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2018
      • The James New York - NoMad, Scarpetta Restaurant and Seville Bar
        2018
      • Shinola Hotel
        2018
      • Spoon Paris at Palais Brongniart
        2017
      • JoJo
        2017
      • Jean-Georges Beverly Hills
        2017
      • Clarette
        2017
      • Guild
        2017
      • The Pool at the Seagram Building
        2017
      • abcV with Jean-Georges
        2017
      • The Dempsey Cookhouse & Bar
        2017
      • The Love
        2017
      • The Lobster Club at the Seagram Building
        2017
      • Jean Georges at the Connaught Hotel
        2017
      • The Grill at the Seagram Building
        2017
      • Jean-Georges
        2016
      • Le Coucou
        2016
      • La Rotonde de la Muette
        2016
      • Mercato
        2016
      • ore - Ducasse au Chateau de Versailles
        2016
      • Mercato
        2016
      • Under One Roof - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
        2016
      • Alain Ducasse a l'Hotel de Paris
        2015
      • The Mark Penthouse
        2015
      • Jean-Georges Dubai
        2015
      • Seamarq Hotel
        2015
      • Faena Hotel Miami Beach
        2015
      • Vik Winery
        2014
      • The TriBeCa Penthouse
        2014
      • Little Park
        2014
      • Narcissa at the Standard East
        2014
      • Hotel Bayerischer Hof
        2014
      • The Inn at Pound Ridge
        2014
      • Upland
        2014
      • Abbaye de Fontevraud
        2014
      • The Stage and Octavius Bar
        2014
      • Chi-Q
        2014
      • Cantinery
        2014
      • Les Haras Strasbourg
        2013
      • Kingside at Viceroy NY
        2013
      • Ritz Carlton - Auden
        2013
      • Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery
        2013
      • Nougatine at Jean Georges
        2012
      • La Palestra at the Plaza
        2012
      • Conrad New York
        2012
      • Virgin Atlantic JFK Clubhouse
        2012
      • Taikoo Hui
        2012
      • Ciel de Paris
        2012
      • The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
        2011
      • City of Dreams
        2010
      • The Greenwich Hotel
        2010
      • East Hotel
        2010
      • Shangri-La Hotel Paris
        2010
      • ABC Kitchen
        2010
      • The Mark Hotel
        2010
      • The National
        2010
      • Chateau Marmont
        2010
      • The Mark
        2010
      • CityCenter Las Vegas
        2010
      • The Standard High Line
        2009
      • Altitude 58
        2009
      • The Standard Grill at the High Line
        2009
      • Boom Boom Room at the Standard High Line
        2009
      • Le Jules Verne
        2009
      • Jean-Georges
        2008
      • Benoit New York
        2008
      • Chambers Hotel
        2007
      • Hotel Benkirai
        2006
      • Mix Restaurant New York
        2005
      • Loisium Hotel
        2005
      • Restaurant Bette
        2005
      • Perry Street
        2005
      • Hotel QT
        2005
      • Mix Restaurant Las Vegas
        2005
      • Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athenée
        2004
      • Mix Club Las Vegas
        2004
      • Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo
        2004
      • Spoon des Neiges - Chlösterli
        2003
      • The Standard Downtown LA
        2003
      • Lever House Restaurant
        2003
      • 66
        2002
      • Bar at Hotel Plaza Athenée
        2001
      • The Standard Hollywood
        1999
      • The Purple Lounge at the Standard Hollywood
        1999
      • The Mercer Hotel
        1998
      • The Mercer Kitchen
        1998
      • Loisium Alsace
    • Retail + Galleries
      • Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Château de Malleret
        2018
      • CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC Brand Headquarters
        2018
      • Pier 17
        2018
      • Shinola Store - Dumbo
        2017
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Via Pietro Verri
        2017
      • Shinola Store - LA Arts District
        2017
      • Chicago Navy Pier
        2017
      • For Louis Vuitton New Retail Spaces
        2016
      • Exhibition of Fondation Louis Vuitton by Frank Gehry
        2016
      • For Christian Dior Couture New Retail Spaces
        2016
      • FD Gallery
        2016
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Rue des Francs Bourgeois
        2016
      • Hublot Flagship New York
        2016
      • Louis Vuitton New York 5th Avenue
        2016
      • Parfums Christian Dior New Retail Spaces
        2016
      • Reorganization of the Carrousel du Louvre's lobby
        2016
      • The Row New York Flagship
        2016
      • Louis Vuitton Saint Germain
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Milano Palazzo Bocconi
        2015
      • Parfums Christian Dior Hong Kong Elements
        2015
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Burlington Arcade
        2015
      • Musée du Louvre Merchandising Counters
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Monaco
        2015
      • GOOP POP UP
        2015
      • House of Dior Seoul
        2015
      • H. Stern Fifth Avenue Boutique
        2015
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Rue de Grenelle
        2015
      • Christian Dior Couture Geneva
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Macau Galaxy
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Shin Kong Place
        2015
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Greenwich Avenue
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive
        2015
      • Guerlain Champs Elysées
        2014
      • Fendi New York Flagship
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Avenue Montaigne
        2014
      • Maison Van Cleef & Arpels Flagship New York
        2014
      • Fendi Avenue Montaigne
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Beijing China World
        2014
      • For Fendi New Retail Spaces
        2014
      • Christian Dior Couture Soho
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Miami Art Basel
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Hangzhou Tower
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Selfridges London
        2013
      • Louis Vuitton Munich
        2013
      • Fendi Milano Via Montenapoleone
        2013
      • Dior Parfums Covent Gardens
        2013
      • Louis Vuitton Beijing Peninsula
        2013
      • Louis Vuitton Plaza 66
        2012
      • Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibit - Timeless Beauty
        2012
      • Louis Vuitton Le Bon Marche
        2012
      • Taikoo Hui
        2012
      • Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibit - L'Art de la Haute Joaillerie
        2012
      • Chanel Boutique
        2011
      • Maison Van Cleef & Arpels Flagship Hong Kong
        2011
      • Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibit at Cooper Hewitt, New York
        2011
      • Hermes Rive Gauche
        2011
      • Vintry Fine Wines
        2011
      • Ports 1961
        2011
      • Celine New York
        2011
      • Marc Jacobs Tokyo Flagship Building
        2010
      • Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibit - The Spirit of Beauty
        2009
      • Marc Jacobs Showroom New York
        2009
      • Chanel Los Angeles
        2008
      • One Prospect Park – Sales Office
        2007
      • VivoCity
        2006
      • Maison Van Cleef & Arpels Flagship Paris
        2006
      • Marc Jacobs Paris
        2006
      • Theory Headquarters
        2005
      • Guerlain Champs Elysées
        2005
      • 3 Pacific Place
        2002
      • Issey Miyake US Flagship Store
        2001
      • Cartier New York
        2000
      • Rose Center for Earth and Space Exhibit, American Museum of Natural History
        2000
      • Christie's New York
        2000
      • Festival Walk
        1999
    • Exterior + Landscapes
      • New York State Pavilion Observation Towers and Tent of Tomorrow
        2020
      • Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
        2019
      • Vessel
        2019
      • Design Pavilion 2018
        2018
      • The Rooftop at Pier 17
        2018
      • Longwood Gardens Renovation
        2017
      • Chicago Navy Pier
        2017
      • Steel Stacks Campus
        2015
      • Beale Street Landing
        2014
      • The High Line
        2014
      • Freshkills Park Master Plan
        2013
      • Lighting Design Proposal for the Eiffel Tower
        2013
      • Newtown Creek Waste Water Pollution Treatment Plant
        2012
      • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
        2011
      • University of Miami Campus Master Plan
        2009
      • Nanyang Technical University Master Plan
        2009
      • Philip Johnson Sculpture Garden, Kunsthalle Bielefeld Museum
        2007
      • Buffalo Bayou Sabine to Bagby Promenade
        2006
      • Camana Bay
        2006
      • Columbus Circle
        2005
      • University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
        2005
      • Bard College Master Plan
        2005
      • Hong Kong Harbor Master Plan Competition
        2004
      • Tong Chong Street Market
        2004
      • Brancusi Ensemble
        2004
      • French Consulate Garden
        2004
      • Disney Esplanade
        1998
      • 125th Street Improvements
    • Residential
      • 111 West 57TH Street
        2020
      • 500W25
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • 15 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • The Fitzroy New York
        2018
      • Agora Garden Tower
        2018
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2018
      • The Crest at Prince Charles
        2017
      • DNP Tower
        2016
      • The Tembusu
        2016
      • 100 Eleventh Avenue Renovation
        2016
      • Nouvel 18
        2015
      • 50 Wooster Residence
        2015
      • Le Nouvel Ardmore
        2015
      • Fire Island House
        2013
      • Daeyang Gallery and House
        2012
      • Opus Hong Kong
        2012
      • Stoffel Residence
        2012
      • Greenwich Village Townhouse
        2011
      • Belle Vue Residences
        2011
      • 8 Spruce Street
        2011
      • Helios Residences
        2010
      • Linked Hybrid
        2009
      • The Grange
        2009
      • Kuala Lumpur Residence
        2008
      • Bioscleave House
        2008
      • Draycott Eight Condominiums
        2006
      • Hong Kong Residence
        2005
      • Olympic Village Competition
        2004
      • Y House
        1999
      • Makuhari Bay New Town
        1996
    • Artist Collaborations
      • Design Pavilion 2018
        2018
      • Shattered by the reflections : the colours
        2016
      • Cassius Tour Stage Lighting
        2016
      • NORNS exhibition at the Utzon Center
        2016
      • Exhibition of Fondation Louis Vuitton by Frank Gehry
        2016
      • Troisième jour
        2014
      • Swarm Street
        2013
      • Les Lalanne - Musée des Arts Décoratifs
        2010
      • Seats-Within-Seats
        2009
      • The French Presidency of the European Union
        2008
      • Make it right - The Pink Project
        2008
      • Musée des Arts décoratifs
        2007
      • Serial Killers, Barbe Bleu
        2005
      • Mont Saint-Eloi
        2005
      • Theatrini
        2005
      • Bethune
        2004
      • City Lights Design Competition
        2004
      • Caisse des depots et consignations
        2003
      • Lille Train Station
        2003
      • Les Secret Des Churingas Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
        2001
      • Pont du Gard
        2001
      • Le Carnaval des Animaux
        2001
      • Parade Exhibition
        2001
      • H.Bellmer
        2000
      • "Rendez Vous" at the Guggenheim
        1999
    • Transportation
      • Gare d'Austerlitz
        2019
      • Gare Montparnasse
        2019
      • RATP
        2016
      • Miami International Airport South Terminal Extension
        2007
      • Lille Train Station
        2003
      • American Airlines Arena
        1999
      • 125th Street Improvements
    • Maritime
      • M60 S
        2017
      • Symphony
        2016
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The REACH at the Kennedy Center
The REACH at the Kennedy Center Washington, DC, USA Steven Holl Architects2019
Pierre Boulez Saal
Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, Germany Gehry Partners, LLP2017
Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle
Philharmonie de Paris, Grande Salle Paris, France Ateliers Jean Nouvel2015
The Museum of Moving Image
The Museum of Moving Image Queens, New York, USA Leeser Architecture2011
The Juilliard School Expansion
The Juilliard School Expansion New York, New York, USA Diller, Scofidio + Renfro2009
Alice Tully Hall Renovation
Alice Tully Hall Renovation New York, New York, USA Diller, Scofidio + Renfro2009
Queens Theatre in the Park
Queens Theatre in the Park Queens, New York, USA Caples Jefferson Architects PC2008
Guthrie Theater
Guthrie Theater Minneapolis, MN, USA Ateliers Jean Nouvel2006
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA Gehry Partners, LLP2003
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, California, USA Gehry Partners, LLP2003
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