AIA/LA DESIGN AWARDS

MERIT AWARD
FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE



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The Museum of Modern Art, Queens
Long Island City, New York
MOMA, New York
Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.


The jury commented on the idea of taking ancillary spaces and reconfiguring and activating them. The juxtaposition of the existing enclosure with a new entry sequence and diagonal ramped movement for the viewing of art demonstrates well the idea of a new use for an old building.