The process of designing and constructing the new space took about two years, and the result is nothing short of magnificent. 

- Jennifer Moore Stahlkrantz, August 2011

That sense of venture — and adventure — is also the subject of a new, untitled exhibition on the 80th floor, through which three and a half million visitors a year will walk

- Edward Rothstein, July 2011

After five years living in the home, Dr. Docherty worked with architect Lynne Breslin on a renovation that takes full advantage of the views.

- Sushil Cheema, May 2010

“New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War,” which opens today, is even more potent than the first, a fitting conclusion to a multiyear project guided by Louise Mirrer, the society’s president.

- Edward Rothstein, November 2006

A house in East Quogue whose roofline evokes the motion of the ocean has won major honors for residential design in a competition of Long Island architects.

- Carole Paquette, November 2004

Ms. Breslin approached the design with an eye to introducing sex appeal to the simplicity that Dr. Dean sought. 

- Julie V. Iovine, October 2003

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