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Exterior Work Continues On American Natural History Museum’s Expansion On Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Exterior work is continuing to progress on The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, a 230,000-square-foot addition to the American Museum of Natural History at 415 Columbus Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang with Tishman Construction Company of New York as the general contractor, the amorphous reinforced concrete superstructure is being built by the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 79th Street. The project is projected to cost around $383 million and the museum is aiming for LEED Gold certification.

At the time of our last update in September, the addition had recently topped out and much of the interior remained exposed between the floor plates. Since then, most of the walls have been formed in preparation for the final paneling system’s installation.
The larger southern half of the museum expansion topped out first, while the roof parapet of the northern counterpart is not too far behind and is waiting for its tied steel rebar to be covered in imminent concrete pours. Some of the organic-shaped trapezoidal windows have their mullions and frames in place up against the sloping walls of the edifice, while the central atrium, which will have the largest surface of glass, is still largely populated with metal scaffolding and white plastic tarps. The array of rectangular metal plates will eventually hold up the light gray paneling system, as depicted in renderings.

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