The New Museum in Manhattan’s Bowery neighborhood just opened a 60,000-square-foot expansion designed by OMA, according to Archinect. Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas led the project at OMA, working with executive architect Cooper Robertson.
This addition mirrors the program of the original SANAA building from 2007 but stands out with its own facade, as Dezeen reports. It doubles the museum’s gallery space to about 120,000 square feet total and weaves into the existing structure.
New Spaces and Circulation
- Three elevators and an atrium stair for better flow
- Public entrance plaza
- Bigger lobby and bookstore
- 74-seat forum
- Enlarged Sky Room on top
- Studio for artists-in-residence
- Full-service restaurant by the Oberon Group, coming spring 2026
The facade pulls from the original’s materials but adds more transparency to link inside activities with the street. Rem Koolhaas said: “I’m particularly excited that our first public building in New York City will be for the New Museum… it is a real honor to stand alongside [SANAA’s] great work of architecture, one of my favorites in the city.”