Nationality American Occupation Architect | Name Bartholomew Voorsanger | |
Born March 23, 1937 Detroit, Michigan Awards AIA Housing Award
Society of American Registered Architects, Pennsylvania, Design Award of Excellence, 2012
New York Art Commission, Office of the Mayor Award for Excellence in Design Practice Voorsanger Architects PC Buildings The National World War II Museum New Orleans, LA (formerly the D Day Museum)
The United Arab Emirates National Military Museum, Abu Dhabi Mudon City, Dubai
Wildcat Ridge Residence, Aspen CO
Elli Tahari Offices, Milburn, NJ
Brooklyn Museum Master Plan Competition, Brooklyn, NY | ||
Bartholomew Voorsanger, ‘Unfolded’ at New York Kinokuniya July 8, 2017
Bartholomew Voorsanger is an American architect.
Contents
- Bartholomew Voorsanger Unfolded at New York Kinokuniya July 8 2017
- Biography
- Selected Projects
- Select Awards
- References
Biography
Beyond international and national recognition, the built public architecture of Bartholomew Voorsanger, such as the Garden Court at Pierpont Morgan Library (completed in 1994 - demolished 2001), as well as The Asia Society Museum overall and particularly its public space at ground floor (completed in 2001), which represents a "fluid space where nature meets high tech", have received a steady acclaim from the general public.
The private character of his residential buildings include an equally consistent obsession with capturing nature and light through carefully calibrated and restrained architectonic gestures, and bringing them inside his houses, wherever they may be: Colorado, Arizona, Virginia, California, or Dubai. This is done in the spirit of the true beginning of American painting, starting with Friedrich Church’s depiction of the landscape of the Americas.
The New York architect Voorsanger received a bachelor's degree with Honors from Princeton University, a master's degree in Architecture from Harvard University, and accepted in 2005 the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”, Bucharest, Romania. Prior to opening his own practice, Voorsanger worked for three years with urban planner Vincent Ponte in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, followed by a decade as an Associate with I.M. Pei & Partners in New York.
The firm Voorsanger & Mills (est. 1978), was restructured as Voorsanger Architects PC in 1990, with Voorsanger as the Principal of the firm responsible for design. Voorsanger’s architecture projects have been published widely both nationally and internationally, in volumes, magazines, and articles. Earlier projects include studies for New York University, such as Midtown Center (with Edward Mills), the Graduate and Undergraduate dormitories, the Center for Advanced Digital Studies. Notable later projects include the International Competition for The Brooklyn Museum Master Plan, The Pierpont Morgan Library Garden Court, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College (with Hirsch Danois Architects), the Air Traffic Control Tower at LaGuardia, the Asia Society and Museum in New York, Terminal B at Newark International Airport, and the Master Plan for the University of Virginia Art Museum.
Among the notable residential projects the firm has built are: Wildcat Ridge in Snowmass, Colorado, the Blue Ridge Residence in Charlottesville, villa in Tucson, villas and apartment complex in Dubai and just completed residence in the Napa Valley. A major public building, the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, was commissioned as a result of a competition. The first three phases (with Mathes Brierre Architects) have been completed and already open to the public; additional phases are still under construction. with additional phases under construction. In the new National Military Museum in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates design competition, Voorsanger's proposal has been selected.
The Firm’s projects have been recognized internationally, nationally, and locally through the numerous awards and exhibitions at prestigious museums and galleries, which include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Frankfurt Museum of Architecture, the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Ministerio de Obras Publicas Gallery in Madrid/Spain, the AA School of Architecture in London, Harvard University, the Hudson River Museum, the National Academy of Design, the AIA/NYC Center for Architecture, and New York University.
Voorsanger, a Fellow of the AIA since 1985, has served on national and international design awards juries and has been a speaker at numerous professional symposia. He has authored many articles published in national and international design and art periodicals, in addition to academic lectures, juries and adjunct faculty appointments at the Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The architect’s interest in public service translated into past involvements such as Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, President of the AIA/New York Chapter, and the New York Foundation for Architecture. In addition, he has served as a member the editorial board of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Magazine, Chair of Design Review for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and on the Board of the Society of Architectural Historians.
In late 2016, Oro Press published a monograph on Voorsanger's life and work, UNFOLDED: How Architecture Saved My Life, written by Alastair Gordon.
Selected Projects
Select Awards
Napa Valley Residence
The Chicago Athenaeum & The European Centre for Architecture Art Design The American Architecture AwardThe National World War II Museum
Society of American Registered Architects, Pennsylvania, Design Award of Excellence, 2012 The Chicago Athenaeum & The European Centre for Architecture Art Design, The American Architecture Award The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design AwardWildcat Ridge Residence Snowmass, Colorado
Residential Architect Grand Award American Institute of Architects (AIA) Housing Award American Institute of Architects/NY State Merit Award American Institute of Architects/NYC Merit Award The National Academy of Design 2007 Lenard Kester Annual Prize & The Samuel F.B. Morse MedalBlue Ridge Residence Charlottesville, Virginia
American Institute of Architects/NY State Excellence Award American Institute of Architects/NYC Merit AwardElie Tahari Fashion Design Offices & Warehouse
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award National AIA Interior Architecture Award American Institute of Architects/New Jersey Honor Award American Institute of Architects/NYC Merit AwardAsia Society and Museum
The National Academy of Design, Cannon PrizeHostos Community College Allied Health Complex
The American Institute of Architects National Honor Award New York Art Commission, Office of the Mayor Award for Excellence in Design New York State Association of Architects Design Award City Club of New York: Albert S. Bard AwardLe Cygne Restaurant
Interiors Magazine Fifth Annual Interiors Award American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Architecture Magazine National Design Award AIA/NYC Chapter Distinguished Architecture CitationNYU Graduate School of Business
Administration Library National AIA Library Buildings AwardNYU Midtown Center
NY State Association of Architects Excellence in Design AwardPierpont Morgan Library
Landmarks Preservation Commission Award Tucker Award of Design Excellence, Building Stone InstituteWaldron House, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
American Institute of Architects National Better Homes for Living Competition