Rather than renovate its adjacent building on the Bowery, the New Museum, above right in this rendering, will take it down and start over. Rem Koolhaas’s architectual firm, OMA in partnership with Cooper Robertson, is creating a light-filled addition, right, that will connect to existing space on every floor, double the museum’s gallery space, and create a public plaza. The project is scheduled to break ground next year and to be completed in 2022.

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