The two-story, 24,000 SF museum is in the heart of Old Dominion University’s campus and Norfolk’s emerging Arts District. It houses art from the collection of benefactors Richard and Carolyn Barry, including many early modern American paintings and Studio Art Glassworks.
In addition to the main gallery space, the museum features separate galleries for guests, faculty, and student exhibits; special event and administrative areas; and a landscaped courtyard, observation deck, and water fountain. On the outside, the museum’s focal point is its curved glass curtain wall at the building’s entrance.
Overall, the Barry Art Museum project was highly complex in design, construction, and even the art installation, and it required a collaborative team approach.
Awards:
- The Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate’s (HRACRE) Award of Merit in the Institutional/Public Building category
