Bartholomew Voorsanger is an American architect based in New York.
Biography
Voorsanger received a bachelor's degree with Honors from
Princeton University
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, a master's degree in Architecture from
Harvard University
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Bucharest
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,
Romania
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. Prior to opening his practice, Voorsanger worked for three years with urban planner Vincent Ponte in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, followed by a decade as an Associate with I.M. Pei & Partners in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Voorsanger, a Fellow of the AIA since 1985, has served on national and international design awards juries and has been a speaker at numerous symposia. He has authored many articles published in national and international design and art periodicals and participated in academic lectures, juries. He has had adjunct faculty appointments at the
Rhode Island School of Design
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,
Harvard University
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,
Columbia University
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, and the
University of Pennsylvania
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. The architect has also served as Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at
Columbia University
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, President of the AIA/New York Chapter, and worked with the New York Foundation for Architecture. In addition, he has served as a member of the editorial board of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Magazine, Chair of Design Review for the
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
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, and on the Board of the Society of Architectural Historians.
In late 2016, Oro Press published a monograph on Voorsanger's life and work, UNFOLDED: How Architecture Saved My Life ', written by Alastair Gordon.
Work
The
architecture
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of Bartholomew Voorsanger's has gained both international and national recognition as well as acclaim from the general public. His work includes the Garden Court at
Pierpont Morgan Library
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(completed in 1994 - demolished 2001), as well as The Asia Society Museum - particularly its public space on the ground floor (completed in 2001), which represents a "fluid space where nature meets high tech".
The private character of his residential buildings both captures nature and light through carefully calibrated and restrained architectonic gestures, and brings nature and light inside his houses, wherever they may be:
Colorado
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Arizona
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Virginia
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California
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, or
Dubai
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. This is done in the spirit of American artists such as
Frederic Edwin Church
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and his depiction of the landscape of the Americas.
The firm Voorsanger & Mills (est. 1978), was restructured as Voorsanger Architects PC in 1990, with Voorsanger as the Principal of the firm responsible for design. Voorsanger’s architecture projects have been published both nationally and internationally. His earlier projects include studies for
New York University
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, including Midtown Center (with Edward Mills), the Graduate and Undergraduate dormitories, and the Center for Advanced Digital Studies. Notable later projects include the International Competition for The Brooklyn Museum Master Plan, The
Pierpont Morgan Library Garden Court Pierpont may refer to:
Surname
* Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814–1899), Governor of Virginia
* Harry Pierpont (1902–1934), Prohibition-era gangster
* James Pierpont (minister) (1659–1714), founder of Yale University
* James Lord Pierpont (1 ...
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Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College
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(with
Hirsch Danois Architects
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Places
* Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Hirsch Observatory, in Troy, New York, U.S.
People
* Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister
* Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American anima ...
), the Air Traffic Control Tower at
LaGuardia
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University of Virginia Art Museum
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Charlottesville
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, a villa in Tucson, a villas and apartment complex in Dubai, and a recently completed residence in the Napa Valley. Voorsanger was commissioned to design the National World War II Museum in New Orleans as a result of a competition. The first three phases (with Mathes Brierre Architects) have been completed and already open to the public; additional phases are still under construction. Voorsanger's proposal has been selected for the new National Military Museum in
Abu Dhabi
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of the
United Arab Emirates
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design competition.
The Firm’s projects have been recognized internationally, nationally, and locally through the numerous awards and exhibitions at museums and galleries such as the
Museum of Modern Art in New York
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Museum of Finnish Architecture
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AA School of Architecture
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in
London
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,
Harvard University
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National Academy of Design
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New York University
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In 1832, the ...
California
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University of Virginia Art Museum
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Brooklyn Museum
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Master Plan Competition
* AGT Project/Port Authority (Monorail) Manhattan-JFK
* CBS Theatrical Film
* Friede Residence
* Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College Allied Health Complex (with Hirsch Danois Architects), Bronx, New York
* Park Tower Reality
*
Le Cygne
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Napa Valley Residence
:The Chicago Athenaeum & The European Centre for Architecture Art Design
:The American Architecture Award
The National World War II Museum
:Society of American Registered Architects, Pennsylvania,
:Design Award of Excellence, 2012
:The Chicago Athenaeum & The European Centre for Architecture Art Design, The American Architecture Award
:The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design Award
Wildcat Ridge Residence Snowmass, Colorado
:Residential Architect Grand Award
:
American Institute of Architects
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(AIA) Housing Award
:American Institute of Architects/NY State Merit Award
:American Institute of Architects/NYC Merit Award
:The National Academy of Design
:2007 Lenard Kester Annual Prize & The Samuel F.B. Morse Medal
Blue Ridge Residence Charlottesville, Virginia
:American Institute of Architects/NY State Excellence Award
:American Institute of Architects/NYC Merit Award
Elie Tahari Fashion Design Offices & Warehouse
:Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
:National AIA Interior Architecture Award
:American Institute of Architects/New Jersey Honor Award
:American Institute of Architects/NYC Merit Award
Asia Society and Museum
:The National Academy of Design, Cannon Prize
Hostos Community College Allied Health Complex
:The American Institute of Architects National Honor Award
:New York Art Commission, Office of the Mayor Award for Excellence in Design
:New York State Association of Architects Design Award
:City Club of New York: