The Frick Collection Floor Plan

The met has revealed plans to give the breuer building to the frick collection during its renovation.

The frick collection floor plan.

These rooms were once used as the private living quarters of the frick family but were converted into administrative offices when the house was transformed into a museum in 1935. As the frick embarks on an extensive renovation it continues to honor its original design plan when it was the private home of henry clay frick in 1914. Frick collection details plans for two year stay in former met breuer the elaborately framed old masters that have hung for nearly a century in the elegant gilded age fifth avenue mansion that houses new york s frick collection will find themselves in starker surroundings as the frick moves its trove to the brutalist structure recently vacated by the met breuer. By shaye weaver march 28 2016 11 04am.

This plan gives the public access to more of the former frick residence than ever before by opening a series of rooms on the second floor as permanent exhibition galleries. Frick collection with fourth expansion plan crosses its fingers again a rendering of the frick collection from east 70th street in manhattan showing the plan for an expanded second level right. Photograph by ed lederman collaborating with the met on a temporary initiative at the breuer. This year the frick will break ground on repurposing nearly 60 000 square feet.

Drawings and pictures from the frick s permanent collection. Let s take a look at the plans from selldorf architects and beyer blinder belle. Frick s expansion plan includes opening mansion s 2nd floor to public.