Bronx River Art Center Wins Two Design Awards
Design plans for the Bronx River Art Center’s $8 million renovation (photo courtesy of BRAC)The Bronx River Art Center was recently awarded two separate “pre-build” awards, honoring design plans (see photo) for the gallery’s $8 million, two-year makeover that began this fall at the West Farms building on Boston Road and E. 179th Street.The designs, by architects Sage and Coombe and designer Tattfoo Tan, scored a 2010 “Award for Design Excellence” from the New York City Design Commission and a 2011 Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects.BRAC spent the last six years fund raising to renovate the 100-year-old building.
April 21, 2011 https://citylimits.org/2011/04/21/bronx-river-art-center-wins-two-design-awards/