Thomas Phifer
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Thomas Phifer (born 1953 in South Carolina) is an American architect based in New York City.[1]
Phifer is perhaps best known for his design of the Glenstone Museum expansion in Potomac, Maryland,[2][3] the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina,[4] the Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design expansion,[5] and the Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University in Houston, Texas.[6]
Phifer designed the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, currently under construction on the northern side of Plac Defilad next to the Palace of Culture and Science.[7] It is scheduled to open in 2024.[8]
Around 2006, Phifer won the City Lights Design Competition, for his design of standard LED streetlights which replaced New York City’s high-pressure sodium streetlights starting in 2011.[9]
Biography[edit]
Phifer was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1975 and a Master of Architecture degree in 1977, both from Clemson University.[10] He also studied at the Daniel Center for Architecture and Urban Studies in Genoa, Italy in 1976.[4]
Phifer held the Stevenson Chair at the University of Texas and taught at Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He served as the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture.[11] He taught the Feltman Seminar at Cooper Union in the spring of 2022.[12]
Phifer launched his firm Thomas Phifer and Partners in 1997[13] after a decade of working for Richard Meier.[14]
Reception and awards[edit]
In 2022, Phifer was elected as a lifetime member to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[15] That year, his Hudson Valley House II won a Architecture Honor Award from the New York Chapter of the AIA.[16]
In 2020, Phifer's expansion of Glenstone won a National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects[17] and the "Best in Competition" Award from the New York Chapter of the AIA.[18]
In 2020, Phifer's Corning Museum of Glass expansion won a National Honor Award for Interior Architecture from the AIA.[19] The project also won an Merit Award for Architecture from the New York Chapter of the AIA in 2016.[20]
In 2013, Phifer was awarded the Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[21]
Phifer was also elected as an Academician for the National Academy of Design in 2012.[22]
In 2011, Phifer received a Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects.[23] The North Carolina Museum of Art, received a National Honor Award from the AIA in 2011.[24]
In 2010, the Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion received a National Honor Award from the AIA[25][26] and an Honor Award from the American Academy of Landscape Architecture.[27]
In 2009, he received a Research and Development Award from Architect magazine for his international competition-winning design for New York City's City Lights light fixture.[9]
Phifer's Salt Point House won an American Architecture Award from the Chicago Atheneum in 2008.[10]
In 2004, Phifer was awarded the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).[10] That year, he received National Honor Awards from the AIA for both Steelcase and Taghkanic House.[28]
Phifer received the Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome in 1995,[29] and was honored with a residency the following year at the Academy's campus.[3]
The San Francisco Chronicle's architecture critic John King described Phifer as "a master of meticulous modernism who has won praise for gem-like private homes and such cultural facilities as [the 2015] addition to the Corning Museum of Glass", but criticized 222 Second Street (completed by Tishman Speyer in 2016) as "designed and built by New Yorkers" without taking the building's San Francisco surroundings into account.[14]
Works[edit]
- North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, 2010[3]
- Raymond and the Susan Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University in Houston, Texas[10]
- Salt Point House, Hudson River Valley, New York[30]
- Millbrook House in the Hudson River Valley, New York [10]
- Taghkanic House in the Hudson River Valley, New York[3]
- Castle Clinton National Monument in Manhattan, New York[31]
- Boulder House in Boulder, Colorado [32]
- Clemson University Lee Hall Expansion in Clemson, South Carolina, 2012
- Fishers Island House in Long Island, New York [33]
- Sagaponac House, New York
- Seoul Language School in Seoul, South Korea
- Steelcase, Inc. Headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- U.S. Courthouse for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah[3]
- Spencertown House in Spencertown, New York[34]
- Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland[35]
- Corning Museum of Glass addition in Corning, New York,[10] completed in 2015[14]
- LED Light Fixture, New York City‘s City Lights Design Competition[9]
- 222 Second Street in San Francisco (Phifer's first commercial tower, housing offices of LinkedIn), opened in 2016[14]
- Red River Canopy Walk skyway in Austin, Texas[36]
References[edit]
- ^ Urban Green Council. "The Work of Thomas Phifer & Partners and the North Carolina Museum of Art". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (2018-09-21). "Glenstone, a Private Art Xanadu, Invests $200 Million in a Public Vision". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Work of Thomas Phifer and Partners". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Professional Biographies of Project Principals, North Carolina Museum of Art Expansion Initiative" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Contemporary Art + Design Wing". Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion | 2009-03-19 | Architectural Record". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "The construction of the new building for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw". Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.
- ^ "Museum under construction - Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw". artmuseum.pl. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ a b c Alan G., Brake (26 October 2011). "CITYLIGHTS FINALLY BEGIN TO SEE DAYLIGHT". ArchPaper. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Biography: Thomas Phifer". Corning Museum of Glass.
- ^ "Advanced Design Studio". Yale Architecture. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Fall 2021 All School Assembly". The Cooper Union. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Architecture Department Lecture – THOMAS PHIFER". Iowa State University. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
- ^ a b c d King, John (2016-03-31). "SF skyline's new LinkedIn addition is built by, for New Yorkers". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Academy Members – American Academy of Arts and Letters". artsandletters.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Hudson Valley House II". AIA New York. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Glenstone Museum - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Glenstone". AIA New York. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Corning Museum of Glass - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "AIA New York Announces 2016 Design Awards Winners". AIA New York. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS ANNOUNCES 2013 ARCHITECTURE AWARD WINNERS". American Academy of Arts and Letters. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "National Academicians". The National Academy. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "2011 FAIA Announcement". American Institute of Architects. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "North Carolina Museum of Art-2011 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture Recipient". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Brochstein Pavilion earns national award for excellence in architecture". news2.rice.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Brochstein Pavilion and Central Quad". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "ASLA 2010 Professional Awards | The Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University". www.asla.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "AIArchitect, January 12, 2004 - AIA, INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS". info.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Rome Prize Winners Are Announced". The New York Times. 1995-04-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ "Salt Point House / Thomas Phifer and Partners". ArchDaily. 14 Oct 2010. Retrieved 20 Aug 2013.
- ^ "Rebuilding Castle Clinton". The Battery Conservancy. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ Vernon, Mays (5 April 2007). "Everything is Illuminated". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Fishers Island House / Thomas Phifer and Partners". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ^ "Spencertown House by Thomas Phifer and Partners". Daily Icon. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ Mendelsohn, Meredith (2018-09-27). "Tour the New $200 Million Expansion of One of America's Most Important—and Unknown—Museums". Architectural Digest. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ Anderson, Will (September 14, 2016). "Downtown novelty: $6M sky bridge to connect hotel, Austin Convention Center". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
