Foreword by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Paul Goldberger, Michelangelo
Sabatino, Susana Ventura. Photography by Iwan Baan.

In 2018, Glenstone Museum opened the Pavilions, part of an expansion that includes additional exhibition space and over 130 additional acres of grounds. Designed by Thomas Phifer, the Pavilions features 11 distinct gallery spaces. Glenstone: The Pavilions features photographs by acclaimed architecture photographer Iwan Baan as well as contributions from architectural historian and critic Paul Goldberger; architect, preservationist, and historian Michelangelo Sabatino; and architect and curator Susana Ventura.

This publication documents the evolution of the design and construction of the Pavilions, starting with the selection of architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners in 2010 and culminating in a portfolio of images of the finished project by renowned architecture photographer Iwan Baan. Highlighting the collaborative process behind the Pavilions, this book features a transcript of a panel discussion held at Glenstone in 2018 in which Glenstone’s Founders, Mitchell P. and Emily Wei Rales, were in conversation with Phifer and landscape architect Adam Greenspan of Peter Walker and Partners. Noted architectural historian and critic Paul Goldberger moderated the discussion, having served as an adviser during the architectural selection process and throughout every phase of the design, and has also contributed an essay to this volume. Two additional texts offer insightful commentary as well—architect, preservationist, and historian Michelangelo Sabatino elaborates on the typology of the Pavilions and situates Glenstone within the history of museum architecture, and architect and curator Susana Ventura meditates on the visitor’s heightened aesthetic experience of moving through the building.

Publisher: Glenstone Museum
ISBN: 9780999802946
Publication date: 2021
Page count: 150