NEW YORK, NY – The Jewish Museum’s 3rd and 4th floor renovation and expansion has been honored by Engineering News-Record (ENR) in its annual building excellence awards as the Best Small Project in New York.
Located within the Museum’s historic Warburg Mansion, Consigli Construction Co., Inc. transformed two floors into a modernized exhibition and learning destination that enhances how visitors experience 3,500 years of Jewish art, culture and history. The reimagined third floor features a cohesive suite of galleries with improved circulation and sightlines, while the previously underutilized fourth floor has been redeveloped as the Pruzan Family Center for Learning, complete with flexible programming spaces, art-making studios and community gathering areas.
Completed while the Museum remained fully open and operational, the project required extensive planning to protect visitors, staff and irreplaceable artwork while significant structural and building-system work progressed nearby.
A centerpiece of the renovation is a highly engineered, double-sided, 52-foot-long glass display showcasing more than 130 Hanukkah lamps from the Museum’s renowned collection. The custom installation serves as both an exhibition feature and architectural partition, creating visual connectivity between the third- and fourth-floor spaces. Its installation required precise coordination across glass, steel, lighting, millwork and building systems to meet the Museum’s conservation and design requirements.
The Jewish Museum was one of six Consigli projects in New York that were recognized by ENR in this year’s regional awards. Across ENR East, Consigli earned a record-high 14 project honors for project excellence throughout the New England and New York regions.
Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.
Read more about the project in ENR here.
Learn more about the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards here.