By Clifford A. Pearson

The first new museum building in New York City since the Whitney opened in 1966, the American Folk Art Museum integrates the concrete athleticism of Marcel Breuer’s rugged masterpiece with Tod Williams and Billie Tsien’s particular command of materials and spatial choreography. Less eccentric in form than the Whitney, the Folk Art shares with it a sculptural approach to architectural space that differs markedly from the thin-skinned aesthetic of so much architecture today. Like Breuer’s museum on Madison Avenue, the Folk Art is a small building with heft, a rugged urban object with a heart softened by ethereal light, flowing spaces, and graceful circulation. Plus see the people and products behind the making of this project.

Now, take a walk through of this amazing interior.

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Note: You will need Quicktime to view the walkthrough. Downloaded a free copy here.

All photography for walk-throughs and movie shot by Susannah Shepherd