David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Building, RBF Westchester, NY Architecture Images
David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Westchester Orangerie Building, NY, USA – design by FXCollaborative Architects
Sep 21, 2019
David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center in Westchester
Design: FXCollaborative, Architects, NY
Location: Westchester, New York State, USA

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Entrusts FXCollaborative with Retrofitting Historic Orangerie into Arts Center
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (September, 2019) – New York City-based architecture firm FXCollaborative has been commissioned by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) to adapt an orangerie on the family?s former estate in Westchester for reuse as a public arts center with net-zero carbon emissions.
The firm started planning and strategic design work in 2015 to transform the dormant building?the Orangerie, built in 1908 by architect Williams Welles Bosworth as a winter greenhouse for orange trees?into an creative venue to be named the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center. It will include multipurpose performance spaces, a gallery, and a flexible studio for artists and community programs.

?The reinvention of the historic Orangerie is a thrilling assignment,? said FXCollaborative?s Sylvia Smith, a senior partner at the firm and head of its Cultural/Educational Studio practice.
Sylvia Smith, FXCollaborative:

?Our approach will elegantly fuse arts-driven and net-zero energy design,? she said...