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New-York Historical Society Gets a
New Name and a New Wing
The museum will now be called the New York Historical and will
name a new Wing for American Democracy after two major
benefactors, H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar L. Tang…
LongHouse and Jack Lenor Larsen's Legacy
“Let’s think about it,” textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen told his friend, architect Lee Skolnick. “What happens when I’m gone?”
Larsen was always a visionary, so it’s no surprise he was confronting his death head on and looking at how LongHouse, his legacy, would continue without him.
It’s been nearly four years since Larsen died in his East Hampton home…
Francis J. Greenburger, Lee Skolnick, and Art Omi Pavilions
Francis J. Greenburger discusses the new Art Omi Pavilions (AOP) initiative, and Lee Skolnick presents his design for its Biennale Pavilion. Opening in Spring 2026 in Chatham, NY, AOP will feature 18 individual pavilions on a 190-acre hilltop. AOP aims to preserve the aesthetic coherence of distinguished artists’ oeuvres and significant collectors’ holdings by creating legacy, standalone exhibitions. Each collaborator will design and curate their own pavilion within a larger art center with rotating exhibitions.
Architect-artist pairings to create
permanent pavilions in Upstate New York
It will be completed in multiple phases, and at the end there will be 16 pavilions of roughly similar size. These will stand alongside the Biennial Exhibition Pavilion, which will be designed by SKOLNICK Architecture + Design for rotating exhibitions…
10 doors and entrances we liked this week
In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles…
Five expressive timber interiors by SKOLNICK:
Your Next Employer?
Following last week’s visit to entertainment venue specialists Populous, we are using this week’s edition of our Meet Your Next Employer series to explore the work of Sag Harbor and New York City-based SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership…
Forbes: Nine Beautiful Coffee Table Books to Decorate with and Read
With a unique double-sided format, this book has not one, but two covers. Public/Private showcases the more than 40 years of projects from renowned architecture firm Skolnick.
Spotlight on the Arts - LTV
Interview with Lee Skolnick
In July, Lee was interviewed by Patrick Christiano, publisher of TheaterLife.com on his program "Showcase on the Arts" which aired on LTV. Click below to watch the full interview…
Art & Architecture Quarterly - East End
Jack, Larger than Life
On view June 26 – September 5, 2021 in the LongHouse Pavilion, Jack, Larger Than Life, is an intimate portrait of creator-collector Jack Lenor Larsen (1927–2020).
Cottages & Gardens: Get to know the 2021 Hamptons Innovator, Lee Skolnick
Lee H. Skolnick is the Founding Principal and Lead Designer of SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership, an internationally renowned design firm that integrates...
EntreArchitect Podcast | Episode 384
from Artist to Architect
Music and literature. Philosophy and physics. History and math. As a student, Lee Skolnick equally prized and devoured these subjects. This passion for knowledge across…
Business of Architecture | Episode 354: Succeeding at Design with Lee Skolnick
Our guest today is Lee Skolnick FAIA, who runs an award-winning architecture practice based in New York City. The firm, Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership is about…
SKOLNICK turns an 1830s townhouse into a light-filled 'vertical loft' in NYC
In the heart of new york city‘s greenwich village, SKOLNICK architecture + design partnership has transformed an 1830s townhouse into a bright and capacious dwelling…
Gradat Magazine: The Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis
It is well researched and known that cultural heritage is a valuable asset for the development of local communities, for the promotion of cultural and creative industries and the…
Music barge designed by Louis Kahn could anchor in Philadelphia as a concert stage
Initially, Skolnick thought the floating concert stage could be incorporated into a cultural center he was designing in an old Sag Harbor, N.Y., church for two well-known artists...
The Church by Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership
Adaptive reuse is actually a hybrid of building types, one that integrates the construction techniques used in restoration, preservation, retrofitting, and new construction. Globally, a…
US Building of the Week: The Church
World-Architects.com
In 2018 artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik bought a 19th-century church in Sag Harbor, New York, hiring the firm of Lee Skolnick to help them transform it into a new arts center…
Cooper Union Alumni Affairs & Development
Lee Skolnick AR'79 and Paul Alter AR'82
Cooper alumni Lee Skolnick AR’79 (left, also a former Cooper trustee) and Paul Alter AR’82 (right) and are principals at Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership. The award...
Inside a Light-Filled Town House in New York's Historic Greenwich Village
From the street, this elegant 19th-century brick house looks like many of its neighbors in New York’s historic Greenwich Village. But when you open the front door, you realize that…
Architectural Record
12 Design Books for Holiday Reading
The book, with two striking covers, compiles photographs from nearly 40 years of the integrated design firm’s work across both the public and private sectors—from a…
'Bungalow Colonies in the Sky':
A Talk With Lee Skolnick
A recently published monograph, "Skolnick: Architecture + Design Partnership" (Pointed Leaf Press), explores the 40-year legacy of the East End architect Lee Skolnick and his firm...
Building a New Sanctuary on Long Island for Culture Lovers
Almost two years ago, the married artists April Gornik, 67, and Eric Fischl, 72, bought a deconsecrated white clapboard church in Sag Harbor, N.Y., a former whaling village….
Top Health, Wellness & Beauty Projects of 2019
As the concept of self care continues to gain momentum all around the globe, the result has been an innovative array of health, wellness, and beauty projects by both established and emerging design firms…
Children's Reading Room at
The East Hampton Public Library
The Children’s Reading Room is housed in a new 6,800 SF wing at the East Hampton Library, founded in 1897 and one of Long Island’s oldest public libraries. The interior design and environmental graphics of the Reading Room reference the heritage of…
How to Bring Children’s Library Design
into the 21st Century
Libraries serve a vital function today—in effect, serving as this century’s town squares. Here’s how Port Washington Public Library embraced that mission with 21st Century children’s library design…
Colorful “little mountains” highlight Eastern Europe's first children’s museum and science center
Lee H. Skolnick Architecture and Design Partnership has designed a new children’s museum called “Muzeiko” in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia to balance complex form, regional relevance, and whimsical fun…
New Kids on the Bloc:
American Architects in the Post-Soviet World
A quarter-century since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former Soviet-bloc countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in some ways are still navigating the delicate transition from communism to democracy…
A Lighthouse Museum Opens on Staten Island
Few structures combine form and function quite like the lighthouse. For centuries, these seaside towers have dotted coastlines, keeping ships from danger and defining the architectural character of so many waterfront towns…
First Look: Center for Hope will welcome world's religious to Jerusalem
The space, backed by The Elijah Interfaith Institute, is meant to "bring about world-changing peace and harmony…
Children’s Library Discovery Center
“The Children’s Library Discovery Center, as it’s called, is part of a quiet revolution reshaping the city’s public architecture,” Michael Kimmelman writes. “Piecemeal across the five boroughs…
Historical Society to Open a Children’s Museum
A rendering of interactive exhibits planned by the New-York Historical Society at its DiMenna Children's History Museum, scheduled to open in 2011…