Hirshhorn Lobby Updates Underway
A new café, operated by Dolcezza, features a bronze counter and overlapping tin shingles on sliding wall panels.
Renovations are in full swing in the lobby of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, which was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The Hirshhorn announced its lobby refresh by Hirsoshi Sugimoto in December 2017.
The lobby, which will see its first major redesign in the Hirshhorn’s 42-year history, will gain an outpost of local coffee and gelato purveyor Dolcezza as well as lounge seating by Sugimoto’s firm,New Material Research Laboratory (NMRL). A light installation by Olafur Eliasson will also be on display.
Olafur Eliasson’s “Your oceanic view” will hang in the Hirshhorn lobby.