Projects Retail and Galleries Ports 1961 2011
  • Projects
    • All
    • In Progress
      • The Frick Collection
        2022
      • Korean Cultural Center
        2021
      • Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem
        2020
      • Pudong Art Museum
        2020
      • Agora Garden Tower
        2020
      • Museum of Fine Arts Houston Campus Expansion
        2020
      • The Schwarzman Center Renovation at Yale University
        2020
      • Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
        2020
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art British Galleries
        2020
      • New York State Pavilion Observation Towers and Tent of Tomorrow
        2020
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2020
      • Philadelphia Museum of Art Expansion
        2020
      • 50 Hudson Yards
        2020
      • 111 West 57TH Street
        2020
      • LA MAISON LVMH / Arts – Talents – Patrimoine
        2020
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
        2020
      • LUMA Foundation
        2019
      • Taiwan Chinpaosan Necropolis
        2019
      • 500W25
        2019
      • Gare d'Austerlitz
        2019
      • The REACH at the Kennedy Center
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • London Development Project
        2019
      • Fine Arts Building - Franklin & Marshall
        2019
      • Gare Montparnasse
        2019
      • West Sea Art Bay "The Artists' Gardens"
        2019
      • The Fitzroy New York
        2019
      • Rubenstein Commons - Institute for Advanced Study
        2019
      • Hunters Point Community Library
        2019
      • 2 World Trade Center
        2018
      • 100 Eleventh Avenue Renovation
        2016
      • Freshkills Park Master Plan
        2013
      • 125th Street Improvements
    • Museums + Cultural Institutions
      • The Frick Collection
        2022
      • Korean Cultural Center
        2021
      • Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem
        2020
      • Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
        2020
      • Philadelphia Museum of Art Expansion
        2020
      • Pudong Art Museum
        2020
      • Museum of Fine Arts Houston Campus Expansion
        2020
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art British Galleries
        2020
      • LA MAISON LVMH / Arts – Talents – Patrimoine
        2020
      • Aoyama Treehouse
        2019
      • West Sea Art Bay "The Artists' Gardens"
        2019
      • Taiwan Chinpaosan Necropolis
        2019
      • National Museum of Qatar
        2019
      • Fine Arts Building - Franklin & Marshall
        2019
      • Minimalism: Space. Light. Object Exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore
        2019
      • The Rooftop at Pier 17
        2018
      • Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
        2018
      • Musée du Louvre - Visiting Group's Reception Area
        2018
      • Maggies Centre Barts
        2017
      • Museum of Sex
        2017
      • Musée du Louvre - Pyramid Renovation
        2017
      • Reorganization of the Carrousel du Louvre's lobby
        2016
      • Under One Roof - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
        2016
      • La Cinémathèque française
        2014
      • Fondation Louis Vuitton
        2014
      • Aspen Art Museum
        2014
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
        2014
      • Nanjing Sifang Art Museum
        2013
      • Lighting Design Proposal for the Eiffel Tower
        2013
      • Cite de l'Ocean et du Surf
        2011
      • Museum of Moving Image
        2011
      • Weisman Art Museum
        2011
      • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
        2010
      • Knut Hamsun Center
        2009
      • Art Gallery of Ontario
        2008
      • Musée des Arts décoratifs
        2007
      • The Bronx Museum of the Arts
        2006
      • Musée des Arts Décoratifs
        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
      • Philips Arena
        2000
      • Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
        1998
      • Chapel of St. 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
      • Museum of Moving Image
        2011
      • Alice Tully Hall Renovation
        2009
      • The Juilliard School Expansion
        2009
      • Queens Theatre in the Park
        2008
      • Guthrie Theater
        2006
      • Walt Disney Concert Hall
        2003
      • Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
        2003
    • Universities + Libraries
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
        2020
      • The Schwarzman Center Renovation at Yale University
        2020
      • Rubenstein Commons - Institute for Advanced Study
        2019
      • LUMA Foundation
        2019
      • Hunters Point Community Library
        2019
      • Fine Arts Building - Franklin & Marshall
        2019
      • The REACH at the Kennedy Center
        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
      • Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
        2015
      • Learning Hub
        2015
      • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
        2011
      • The Juilliard School Expansion
        2009
      • Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse
        2007
      • University São José dos Campos
        2003
      • Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
        2003
      • College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
        2002
      • Cranbrook Institute of Science
        1998
      • Langston Hughes Library
        1998
    • Mixed Use
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2020
      • Aoyama Treehouse
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • The Imprint
        2018
      • Pier 17
        2018
      • 2 World Trade Center
        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
        2020
      • 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
      • Hong Kong Harbor Master Plan Competition
        2004
      • Olympic Village Competition
        2004
    • Offices + Workplace
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2020
      • 50 Hudson Yards
        2020
      • London Development Project
        2019
      • 30 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Château de Malleret
        2018
      • 10 Hudson Yards
        2017
      • Facebook Seattle Dexter Station
        2016
      • Facebook MPK20
        2015
      • 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
      • Gehry Building Basel
        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
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2020
      • Aoyama Treehouse
        2019
      • Sette by Scarpetta and Nolita Social
        2019
      • Chateau Hanare
        2019
      • Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Momofuku Kāwi
        2019
      • Aoyama Building
        2019
      • The Paris Café at the TWA Hotel
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Bib&Guss Restaurant & Bar
        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
      • Upland Miami
        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
      • Little Park
        2014
      • Abbaye de Fontevraud
        2014
      • Vik Winery
        2014
      • The TriBeCa Penthouse
        2014
      • Narcissa at the Standard East
        2014
      • Hotel Bayerischer Hof
        2014
      • Upland NYC
        2014
      • The Inn at Pound Ridge
        2014
      • The Stage and Octavius Bar
        2014
      • Chi-Q
        2014
      • Cantinery
        2014
      • Les Haras Strasbourg
        2013
      • Kingside at Viceroy NY
        2013
      • Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery
        2013
      • Ritz Carlton - Auden
        2013
      • Nougatine at Jean Georges
        2012
      • La Palestra at the Plaza
        2012
      • Virgin Atlantic JFK Clubhouse
        2012
      • Taikoo Hui
        2012
      • Conrad New York
        2012
      • Ciel de Paris
        2012
      • The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
        2011
      • ABC Kitchen
        2010
      • City of Dreams
        2010
      • East Hotel
        2010
      • The National
        2010
      • The Mark
        2010
      • Shangri-La Hotel Paris
        2010
      • The Greenwich Hotel
        2010
      • The Mark Hotel
        2010
      • Chateau Marmont
        2010
      • CityCenter Las Vegas
        2010
      • The Standard Grill at the High Line
        2009
      • The Standard High Line
        2009
      • Altitude 58
        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
      • Perry Street
        2005
      • Loisium Hotel
        2005
      • Restaurant Bette
        2005
      • Mix Restaurant Las Vegas
        2005
      • Hotel QT
        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 Restaurant
        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
      • J.M. Weston Champs-Élysées
        2018
      • Pier 17
        2018
      • CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC Brand Headquarters
        2018
      • Shinola Store - LA Arts District
        2017
      • Shinola Store - Dumbo
        2017
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Via Pietro Verri
        2017
      • FD Gallery
        2016
      • Exhibition of Fondation Louis Vuitton by Frank Gehry
        2016
      • For Louis Vuitton New Retail Spaces
        2016
      • Louis Vuitton New York 5th Avenue
        2016
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Rue des Francs Bourgeois
        2016
      • Hublot Flagship New York
        2016
      • For Christian Dior Couture New Retail Spaces
        2016
      • Parfums Christian Dior New Retail Spaces
        2016
      • Reorganization of the Carrousel du Louvre's lobby
        2016
      • The Row New York Flagship
        2016
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Burlington Arcade
        2015
      • Musée du Louvre Merchandising Counters
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Monaco
        2015
      • GOOP POP UP
        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
      • House of Dior Seoul
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Shin Kong Place
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive
        2015
      • Betteridge
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Saint Germain
        2015
      • Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle Greenwich Avenue
        2015
      • Louis Vuitton Milano Palazzo Bocconi
        2015
      • Parfums Christian Dior Hong Kong Elements
        2015
      • Fendi New York Flagship
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Avenue Montaigne
        2014
      • Guerlain Champs Elysées
        2014
      • Maison Van Cleef & Arpels Flagship New York
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Beijing China World
        2014
      • Christian Dior Couture Soho
        2014
      • Fendi Avenue Montaigne
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Miami Art Basel
        2014
      • Louis Vuitton Hangzhou Tower
        2014
      • For Fendi New Retail Spaces
        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 - L'Art de la Haute Joaillerie
        2012
      • Louis Vuitton Le Bon Marche
        2012
      • Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibit - Timeless Beauty
        2012
      • Taikoo Hui
        2012
      • Celine New York
        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
      • Chanel Boutique
        2011
      • Ports 1961
        2011
      • Marc Jacobs Tokyo Flagship Building
        2010
      • Marc Jacobs Showroom New York
        2009
      • Van Cleef & Arpels Exhibit - The Spirit of Beauty
        2009
      • Chanel Los Angeles
        2008
      • One Prospect Park – Sales Office
        2007
      • Marc Jacobs Paris
        2006
      • VivoCity
        2006
      • Maison Van Cleef & Arpels Flagship Paris
        2006
      • Theory Headquarters
        2005
      • Guerlain Champs Elysées
        2005
      • 3 Pacific Place
        2002
      • Issey Miyake US Flagship Store
        2001
      • Rose Center for Earth and Space Exhibit, American Museum of Natural History
        2000
      • Cartier New York
        2000
      • Christie's New York
        2000
      • Festival Walk
        1999
    • Exterior + Landscapes
      • New York State Pavilion Observation Towers and Tent of Tomorrow
        2020
      • The Spur High Line
        2019
      • Vessel
        2019
      • Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
        2019
      • The Rooftop at Pier 17
        2018
      • Design Pavilion 2018
        2018
      • Chicago Navy Pier
        2017
      • Longwood Gardens Renovation
        2017
      • Steel Stacks Campus
        2015
      • The High Line
        2014
      • Beale Street Landing
        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
      • Nanyang Technical University Master Plan
        2009
      • University of Miami Campus Master Plan
        2009
      • Philip Johnson Sculpture Garden, Kunsthalle Bielefeld Museum
        2007
      • Buffalo Bayou Sabine to Bagby Promenade
        2006
      • Camana Bay
        2006
      • University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
        2005
      • Bard College Master Plan
        2005
      • Columbus Circle
        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
      • Agora Garden Tower
        2020
      • Hudson Yards Master Plan - Towers 10, 15, 30, 35 and 50
        2020
      • Gehry Residence
        2019
      • 15 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • 500W25
        2019
      • 35 Hudson Yards
        2019
      • The Fitzroy New York
        2019
      • The Crest at Prince Charles
        2017
      • The Tembusu
        2016
      • 100 Eleventh Avenue Renovation
        2016
      • DNP Tower
        2016
      • 50 Wooster Residence
        2015
      • Le Nouvel Ardmore
        2015
      • Nouvel 18
        2015
      • Fire Island House
        2013
      • Opus Hong Kong
        2012
      • Stoffel Residence
        2012
      • Daeyang Gallery and House
        2012
      • 8 Spruce Street
        2011
      • Belle Vue Residences
        2011
      • Greenwich Village Townhouse
        2011
      • Helios Residences
        2010
      • The Grange
        2009
      • Linked Hybrid
        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
      • Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards
        2019
      • Minimalism: Space. Light. Object Exhibition at the National Gallery Singapore
        2019
      • Vessel
        2019
      • 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
      • Mont Saint-Eloi
        2005
      • Theatrini
        2005
      • Serial Killers, Barbe Bleu
        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
      • 125th Street Improvements
    • Maritime
      • Celebrity Edge
        2018
      • M60 S
        2017
      • Symphony
        2016
    • Sport Facilities
      • FC Barcelona Stadium Competition
        2016
      • New York Sports and Convention Center
        2004
      • Philips Arena
        2000
      • American Airlines Arena
        1999
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L'Observatoire International
Ports 1961


Location Paris, France
Date Completed 2011
Architect Archi-Tectonics
Client Ports 1961
Type Retail + Galleries
Status Built
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