Renovation of Albright-Knox Art Gallery Historic 1905 Building

FAIN: CHA-268766-21

Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY 14222-1096)
Janne Siren (Project Director: May 2019 to September 2020)
Jamie Robideau (Project Director: September 2020 to present)

Restoration of the copper roof and replacement of the existing rubber membrane within the roof and under the walkway of the loggia on the west façade of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, to preserve the historic 1905 building and protect the museum’s extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.

The 1905 building is the nerve center of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s extensive cultural and humanities events and programming. A white marble structure built of the same stone as the Washington Monument, the building is widely recognized as the crown jewel of the Albright-Knox campus and Buffalo’s finest example of classical architecture built with a civic purpose. With symptoms of the aging building in mind, the Board of Directors of the Albright-Knox launched the campus expansion project AK360 in late 2015. An essential element of this is a $155 million capital campaign, funds from which will be used to match the support of the NEH. The grant would be directed toward the most critical functional element of the 1905 building: the roof. We will replace the existing roof with a new, more robust system that will provide superior protection for the foreseeable future while maintaining the historical integrity of the structure.