Selldorf Architects

We are thrilled to announce that The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has engaged Selldorf Architects to revitalize its permanent collection galleries and renew key public spaces, marking the first comprehensive reinstallation of the museum’s exhibition and interpretation spaces since 2006 when its National Historic Landmark building was last renovated. Originally designed between 1836 and 1867 for the U.S. Patent Office, the building was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1952 to serve as a museum. Renamed the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in 2006, SAAM shares the building with the National Portrait Gallery.

Selldorf Architects is honored to share that Westminster City Council has granted the National Gallery with planning permission for a series of sensitive adaptations to its buildings on Trafalgar Square. Coinciding with the Gallery’s Bicentenary in 2024, the projects will create a world-class welcome to the millions of visitors it receives each year.

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the selection of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Selldorf Architects (SOM |Selldorf) to jointly develop a modernization plan for the Museum’s interior and plaza.

We are proud to share that Annabelle Selldorf and Selldorf Architects were included in the 2023 AD100 Hall of Fame list. It is a great honor to celebrate yet another year alongside leading innovators and visionaries in the field of architecture and design.

This September, Vica by Annabelle Selldorf is inaugurating its first brick-and-mortar setting for its furniture collection at 30 Bond Street in New York City’s NoHo neighborhood.

Annabelle Selldorf delivered the annual keynote lecture for the American Institute of Architects UK (AIA) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). In her lecture, following an introductory presentation of a selection of recent and current projects by Selldorf Architects, Annabelle shared the firm’s design approach for the National Gallery’s NG200 project which will provide a more welcoming and inclusive experience for the Sainsbury Wing and the public realm.