Expansion
Richard Meier & Partners
Gagosian Gallery
Beverly Hills, California
The glazed public street facade blends seamlessly with the existing Gallery facade and provides pedestrians a glimpse into the gallery.
Photo: Joshua White
The expansion of the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, designed by Richard Meier & Partners in 1995, has nearly doubled the size of the gallery space.
The addition, anchored by a new 3,000 square foot, street-level exhibition space, embodies the qualities of space and light that distinguish the Gagosian Gallery, yet departs with its expressive reuse of an existing wood barrel vault roof. The natural wood ceiling, trusses and steel beam offer a distinctive counterpoint to the airfoil wing that scoops daylight into the existing Gagosian Gallery.
Photo: Joshua White
Photo: Joshua White
Photo courtesy Richard Meier & Partners
Original Gagosian Gallery
The new gallery space utilizes skylights to balance daylight from the north and south sky to support a diversity of installations. The expansive daylit gallery walls can accommodate even larger works in the gallery space with a quality of light that is consistent with the original Gagosian Gallery.
Photo: Joshua White
Photo: Joshua White
A single 225 square foot glass and aluminum sliding door at the street allows oversized artwork to be unloaded directly into the gallery and allows exhibit space to open to the active Beverly Hills street.
New second level offices and a private skylit viewing gallery address the growing gallery’s administrative and exhibit needs. At the roof, a sculpture terrace provides a unique outdoor setting for installations and offers views of the city and the surrounding Hollywood Hills.
Photo: arcspace
“Over fifteen years and three construction phases, the Gagosian Gallery and Richard Meier & Partners have collaborated to create exceptional galleries that take advantage of the quality of daylight we enjoy in southern California.”
Michael Palladino, Design Architect
Drawing courtesy Richard Meier & Partners
Front Facade
Drawing courtesy Richard Meier & Partners
Ground Floor Plan
Drawing courtesy Richard Meier & Partners
Mezzanine Plan
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North South Sections
Site Area: 7,400 square feet
Existing Floor Area: 6,600 square feet
Additional Floor Area: 5,000 square feet
Completed: 2010
Client: Gagosian Gallery
Architects: Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
Design Principal in Charge: Michael Palladino
Project Architect: Alex Wuo
Collaborators:
Richard Kent Irving
Kimberly Lenz
Rozan Gacasan
Mark Sparrowhawk
Zhiwei Liao
John Gralewski
Structural Engineer: Englekirk & Sabol
Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc.
Mechanical/ Electrical/ Plumbing Engineer:
Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
General Contractor: RJC Builders
On October 20, 2010 Gagosian will inaugurate a new gallery in Paris. The gallery, occupying 900 square meters on four levels, was designed by the Paris based architect Jean Francois Bodin in collaboration with the London based practice Caruso St. John. The renovation of the former hotel particulier has transformed the space into a state-of-the-art contemporary gallery while retaining its distinctive Parisian character.
Earlier Gagosian Gallery arcspace feature
Richard Meier and Partners arcspace features
September 13, 2010