Whitney Museum of American Art
AKRF has provided a wide range of planning and environmental consulting services in support of the Whitney Museum of American Art's museum’s long-term planning needs.
Our work has included transportation surveys, traffic counts, attendance projections, visual impact and shadow studies, economic benefit studies, and two CEQR Environmental Assessment Statements for proposed new facilities, including the new 220,000-square-foot Manhattan building that opened in 2015 on Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District. The new museum was designed by Renzo Piano.
We also prepared the Phase I environmental site assessment and several Phase II subsurface investigations and prepared and managed implementation of the Remedial Action Plan and its regulatory reporting requirements.
Industry Honors
2016 AIA New York Merit Award
2016 MASterworks Design Awards Winner
2015 AIA New York State Design Award of Merit
2015 Society of American Registered Architects Special Award
Featured Team Members
Axel Schwendt
Vice President, Site Assessment and Remediation
Anne Locke, Associate AIA
Senior Vice President, Environmental and Land Use Planning
Colleen Griffiths
Vice President, Site Assessment and Remediation
Ashutosh Sharma
Vice President, Site Assessment and Remediation
Christopher Calvert, AICP
Senior Vice President, Environmental and Transportation Planning