A new, six-story building at 144 West 125th Street was expected to debut as a permanent home for the Studio Museum of Harlem in Manhattan. Years after construction broke ground and topped out in Harlem, progress appears to have stalled since the latter half of 2022.
In 2015, the museum announced its partnership with celebrated architect David Adjaye to design an 82,000-square-foot facility with multiple lecture halls, expanded gallery and exhibition space for more than 2,000 objects, a roof deck, a café, and retail space.
The massing of the building resembles a series of stacked cubic volumes meant to represent the historic grand doorways and entrances seen in buildings throughout the surrounding area. Its facade will comprise a mix of solid and perforated grey slab, bronze window details, and a similarly hued ornamental cornice at the top of the building.
Rendering of the Studio Museum of Harlem – Photo Credit: David Adjaye Associates
Street Level view of Studio Museum of Harlem – Photo Credit: Adjaye Associates
That same year, museum partners announced the acquisition of $175 million from public and private donors, a sum that would cover phase one of construction. Since 2022, construction appeared to have topped out, but remains without a facade, or any significant progress that would indicate construction is ongoing.
New construction signs at the development state the project will debut by winter 2022, but that date has now passed. The museum originally expected construction to wrap up by 2019, but pushed back that date to 2021. The project team has not announced a new anticipated date of completion.
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Why not show us current construction photos? Unfortunately, someone probably absconded with all the money raised for this museum.
This is a through-block project which explains the two different elevations. Unfortunately, two different intact historic buildings were destroyed for this stalled project.
Renderings look like were done by a first year arch student, is that what Adjaye is shooting for these days?
They better hurry or Harlem will be a white neighborhood before they finish.
How disappointing, I was looking forward to their reopening. It seems that buildings are sitting unfinished all over Harlem these days.