Hiroshi Sugimoto’s redesign of the Hirshhorn Museum sculpture garden is finally approved
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has approved plans for artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto's redesign of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. The 5-2 vote clears the way for Sugimoto to pursue an ambitious redesign that had gotten unanimous preliminary approvals by the National Capital Planning Commission and the CFA in the spring of 2019. Images courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.The plan had previously come under fire after the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a group that advocates the interests of historic landscape sites around the country, protested, claiming the artist's vision would harm original elements of the Hirshhorn campus designed by Pritzker Prize winner Gordon Bunshaft. Images courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.The museum has held a line against the protests, claiming that Bunshaft and landscape designer Lester Collins had both looked to Japanese gardens as inspiration, but ...
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has approved plans for artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto's redesign of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
The 5-2 vote clears the way for Sugimoto to pursue an ambitious redesign that had gotten unanimous preliminary approvals by the National Capital Planning Commission and the CFA in the spring of 2019.
The plan had previously come under fire after the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a group that advocates the interests of historic landscape sites around the country, protested, claiming the artist's vision would harm original elements of the Hirshhorn campus designed by Pritzker Prize winner Gordon Bunshaft.
The museum has held a line against the protests, claiming that Bunshaft and landscape designer Lester Collins had both looked to Japanese gardens as inspiration, but ...
