Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District)

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art museum building cultural infrastructure museum building

The Whitney Museum of American Art building in the Meatpacking District is a contemporary museum facility in Manhattan known for its industrial-inspired design, expansive galleries, and outdoor terraces overlooking the High Line and Hudson River.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Whitney Museum of American Art building	0	2
Whitney Museum building in the Meatpacking District	0	1
Whitney Museum of American Art building (2015)	0	1
Whitney Museum of American Art building (Madison Avenue)	0	1
Whitney Museum of American Art building on Gansevoort Street	0	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum building → cultural infrastructure → museum building →
adjacentTo	High Line →
alsoKnownAs	Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → surface form: Whitney Museum building in the Meatpacking District Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building
architect	Renzo Piano →
architecturalFirm	Renzo Piano Building Workshop →
architecturalStyle	contemporary architecture → industrial-inspired design →
borough	Manhattan →
brokeGround	2010 →
city	New York City →
country	United States of America → surface form: United States
designedFor	display of American art → large-scale contemporary artworks →
floorArea	approximately 200000 square feet →
gallerySpace	approximately 50000 square feet →
hasFeature	conservation lab → education center → expansive galleries → glass-enclosed lobby → museum shop → outdoor terraces → restaurant → sculpture terraces → theater →
hasFunction	art exhibition → museum education → public programs venue →
locatedIn	Manhattan → Meatpacking District → Manhattan → surface form: New York New York City → United States of America → surface form: United States
materialUsed	concrete → glass → steel →
near	Gansevoort Plaza → surface form: Gansevoort Street Hudson River Park →
neighborhood	Meatpacking District →
numberOfStories	9 →
officialName	Whitney Museum of American Art →
openingDate	2015-05-01 →
operatedBy	Whitney Museum of American Art →
overlooks	High Line → Hudson River →
ownedBy	Whitney Museum of American Art →
replaced	Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building (Madison Avenue)
yearCompleted	2015 →

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → alsoKnownAs → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building

Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → alsoKnownAs → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum building in the Meatpacking District

Renzo Piano → designed → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

Marcel Breuer → notableFor → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building

Renzo Piano → notableWork → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

Renzo → notableWork → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

subject surface form: Renzo Piano

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building (2015)

Renzo Piano Building Workshop → notableWork → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) →

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building on Gansevoort Street

Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) → replaced → Whitney Museum of American Art building (Meatpacking District) self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Whitney Museum of American Art building (Madison Avenue)