Yale Center foR British Art
New Haven, Connecticut
Knight Architecture was called upon to undertake a comprehensive multiyear conservation of The Yale Center for British Art, designed by Louis I. Kahn to house Paul Mellon's extraordinary gift to Yale University. Considered to be the Center's largest and most complex work of art, the building now stands refreshed and equipped for the 21st century.
Clip 2 - George Knight Interview
AWARDS:
DOCOMOMO International Lasting Heritage Award | 2021
Institute Honor Award for Architecture | 2017
New England Honor Award for Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse | 2016
DOCOMOMO Modernism in America Design Award of Excellence | Civic 2017
AIA New England People’s Choice Award | 2016
AIA Connecticut Honor Award | 2016
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Award | 2017
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc - Special Jury Award
"The [renovation] deftly balances incongruous elements like roughness and refinement, compression and expansion, and lets architecture speak louder than any of its collective insertions."
Wallpaper*
"The conservation of Louis Kahn's building is a landmark project that sets a new standard for the stewardship of modern architecture."
Robert A.M. Stern
"... you can see a miracle of conservation that actually brings an iconic building closer to its architect's original vision"
National Trust for Historic Preservation
