News + Media Cost Index Turner University Turner City Become a Subcontractor Partner Login Your Local Office: New York Change Site Search Share < Back Whitney Museum of American Art PROJECT AT A GLANCE Client Whitney Museum of American Art Architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Cooper Robertson Location New York, NY Attributes Building Information Modeling (BIM), Cultural & Entertainment, Museum, LEED Certified, Green Building, New York Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Cooper, Robertson Partners, the 220,000 square foot museum sits adjacent to the High Line in New York’s Meatpacking District at 99 Gansevoort Street. Given the complexity of the design, Turner provided four years of preconstruction services that included geothermal and environmental impact studies. The Whitney, clad in enamel steel plate, features six levels above grade and two below. The space provides the leading gallery with additional exhibition and program space, an 18,000 square foot column-free gallery; a 170-seat theater overlooking the Hudson River, and numerous conservation laboratories in the curatorial space. Critical to the project’s success was Turner’s ability to overcome the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy that flooded the site with six and half million gallons of seawater. After remediating the site, Turner and WTM Engineers design-built a flood mitigation system that includes a 27 foot wide by 14 foot tall flood gate weighing more than 7 tons. Ultimately, this flood mitigation system safeguarded the Whitney’s space programing requirements and set a new standard in flood protection and museum design. Visit this project in Turner City 2014 Make a 3D print of the Whitney Museum of American Art RELATED PROJECTS Museum of Modern Art Expansion New York, NY PPG Science Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA BRIC Arts, Media House Brooklyn, NY Explore Our Projects Turner is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer — minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity. VEVRAA Federal Contractor © 2021 Turner Construction Company. All Rights Reserved. Fraud Alert Privacy Policy **Notice of Privacy Incident**