Herzog & De Meuron . photos: © James Ewing . + dezeen
Herzog & De Meuron restores The Veterans Room originally designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany & Co., Associated Artists.
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As part of the ongoing transformation of its historic building into an unconventional cultural institution, Park Avenue Armory has concluded revitalization work on its Veterans Room, one of the few surviving interiors by Louis C. Tiffany and Co., Associated Artists, in the world. A monument of late 19th-century decorative arts, the Veterans Room reanimated through Herzog & de Meuron’s intervention, with the intention of transforming the space into a state-of-the-art room for intimate cultural encounters, including performances, recitals, lectures, and a range of other small-scale events.
Following Herzog & de Meuron’s recent renovation and restoration of the Armory’s BOARD OF OFFICERS ROOM and two period rooms on its second floor, the revitalization of the Veterans Room will amplify the grandeur of the initial vision for the space and sustain the forward-thinking approach that the original artists put forth in 1880. The objective of the design team is to unite the historic with the contemporary while subtly interweaving additional technical amenities that ensure the room’s active use as a leading-edge cultural salon into the next century.
