DXA Partner Wayne Norbeck with Gluckman Mayner Architects.

This three year renovation and expansion project increases exhibition space by 60 percent in the museum’s landmark Carnegie Mansion and enhances the visitor experience through new, versatile exhibition spaces, simplified circulation routes, and a proper art handling path. The design relocates the National Design Library and other administrative functions from the mansion’s third floor into two adjacent townhouses and creates 6,000 square feet of new galleries in their place. Included within the project is a new gallery for the exhibition of contemporary works of art.

Visitor circulation is greatly improved through a new day-lit stair that connects all four levels of exhibition space, while an enlarged and relocated freight elevator better accommodates large-scale installations. Careful detailing seamlessly integrates improved mechanical systems into the historic frame of the mansion.