The Skyscraper Museum, in Manhattan’s Battery Park City, occupies a small storefront space that aspires to the large scale of its subject — the history and development of the skyscraper. The mirror-polished stainless steel floor and ceiling create the impression of an infinitely vertical space, with reflections of vitrines appearing as soaring volumes within a […]

Visitors are welcomed to the space by a dramatic cantilevered entrance structure that extends over the main stairwell, he explained. This fluid design language is continued in the architectural structure of the entire exhibition space, which was inspired by the paper canvas used in photography studios.