Krieble Gallery, Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, Conn.
Centerbrook Architects and Planners

A new art gallery continues the architectural tradition of its surroundings

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This project adds a 9,500-square-foot new art gallery building to an existing house on the grounds of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn., home of the Old Lyme Impressionists Art Colony. The addition contains a lobby, a museum gift shop, bathrooms, three art galleries, art storage, a conservation studio, a study center, and art loading. Together with the Marshfield House, the facility will provide new space for art, visitor services, and administrative offices.

The addition uses white sheds and gables to house art in a memorable, yet, simple, New England manner. Curvilinear walls on either side of a trio of gable-roofed sheds help differentiate this new structure from the Marshfield House. A pair of octagonal elements at its east corner houses the museum gift shop and the reception desk. The three galleries soar upwards through large shading devices towards structural skylights, giving them the luminous quality of natural light the Lyme Art Colony was known for, but without the disturbing glare of ultra-violet intrusion.

Location:
Old Lyme, Conn.

Gross square footage:
14,000 sq. ft.

Total construction cost:
$4.3 Million

Owner:
Florence Griswold Museum

Architect:
Centerbrook Architects and Planners, LLC
67 Main Street
P.O. Box 955
Centerbrook, Connecticut 06409-0955
phone (860) 767-0175
fax (860) 767-8719
lastname@centerbrook.com
www.centerbrook.com