De Maria Pavilion Bridgehampton, New York Artwork Building, American Architecture Photos
De Maria Pavilion Bridgehampton
Walking Sculpture Garden, Contemporary Building NY, USA ? design by Gluckman Tang Architects
Nov 18, 2018
De Maria Pavilion Bridgehampton
Design: Gluckman Tang Architects
New space to house sculpture, ?Large Grey Sphere? by Walter De Maria
Location: Bridgehampton, NY, USA
De Maria Pavilion Bridgehampton
Located in Bridgehampton, NY, De Maria Pavilion occupies the south-eastern corner of an 11-acre estate originally constructed in 1912. After purchasing the property in the mid-1980?s, the client re-envisioned the estate as a walking sculpture garden for their large collection of contemporary art including pieces by Isamu Noguchi, Donald Judd, George Rickey, and Louise Nevelson.
Upon acquiring their most recent sculpture, ?Large Grey Sphere? by Walter De Maria, a 9 foot tall, 32-ton granite sphere, the client turned to their architect to design a space for the artwork. Set in an unused 100? x 200? brick-walled rose garden, De Maria Pavilion is a 1,600-square-foot brick-and-concrete pavilion containing additional sculptures and drawings by Walter De Maria. Within the walls, the landscape design inverts the typical formal garden by reintroducing indigenous plantings: red cedars, bayberry, swamp white oaks and meadow grasses.

New gates adorn the original garden entrance, and oversize bluestone treads lead visitors down to a sunken patio of riverstone that r...