Safdie Architects

06/02/2026

"In developing the design of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art expansion, it was decided to stay within the vocabulary of the existing museum, with one exception: the North Temporary Exhibition Gallery and new creative learning Hub add a new palette to the design," Moshe Safdie told Dezeen.

Safdie Architects' expansion for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas has been revealed after a four-year construction phase

06/01/2026

The 114,000-square-foot addition to Crystal Bridges brings a series of new pavilions to the museum.

Expanded galleries hold the growing permanent collection and large-scale temporary exhibitions.

A bridge displays sculpture, pottery and glass, and houses Quartz and Honey, a 40-seat café with open views of the grounds.

A dedicated 14,000-square-foot Learning and Engagement Hub adds room for education and community programs.

Building on the original design, the expansion extends Crystal Bridges’ integration of art, architecture, and nature.

Come visit, doors open June 6th.

05/30/2026

Now open, the expansion of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art extends the original vision, bringing new galleries, gathering spaces, and connections to the landscape.

05/28/2026

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art expansion opens June 6.

Ahead of the opening, a look back at Moshe Safdie's 2024 Harvard Graduate School of Design lecture on the design of the original museum and the importance of architecture that connects people to art and nature.

05/18/2026

For International Museum Day, a conversation on architecture, landscape, and the future of the museum.

Architect Moshe Safdie and Crystal Bridges’s Executive Director Rod Bigelow sit down with Architectural Record’s Design:ED podcast host Aaron Prinz to discuss the museum’s design and the expansion opening June 6.

05/06/2026

We have been nominated for Best Public Architecture Firm in the 14th Annual Architizer A+Awards.

It is an honor to be recognized alongside firms across the world that are shaping how cities, communities, and public life take form today.

Public architecture is, at its core, an act of belonging. It is the practice of designing spaces where strangers become a community, where the everyday rituals of civic life are given form, and where architecture serves as a backdrop for shared experience.

For more than six decades, this idea has shaped our work. We have approached each project as an opportunity to expand the public realm and to ask what architecture can offer the people who use it every day.

If our work has resonated with you, we would be grateful for your vote. The link is in our bio.

04/22/2026

The Safdie Architects team has been working with Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and members of the Nation’s leadership to share and discuss the vision for the new Cherokee Heritage Center over several years.

“We knew we needed partners who would do more than deliver a design. We wanted a team that would listen, care and who would walk alongside us on this journey. That’s exactly what Moshe Safdie and his team have done,” said Christine Neuhoff, Cherokee National Historical Society chairperson.

Developed through close collaboration, the project reflects a shared commitment to honoring culture, history and place. Design that is shaped together with the community it is meant to serve.

04/20/2026

Safdie Architects, with Anishinabe Design, PWP Landscape, and the Cherokee Nation, have unveiled the design for the reimagined Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation.

“With respect and admiration for the Cherokee Nation’s culture, the design draws inspiration from the historic site,” said Moshe Safdie, Founding Partner of Safdie Architects. 

“Pavilions are arranged in response to the land, structures are immersed within the wooded landscape, and the story of the Cherokee Nation is integrated throughout—creating a setting that fosters connection, belonging, and continuity between the Cherokee people, their history, and their land.”

03/26/2026

A week in the studio, a new perspective on practice.

USC externs Melissa Lexa and Sean Flaherty share their takeaways from their time at Safdie Architects.

02/26/2026

Rising at the water’s edge in West Palm Beach, Safdie Architects unveils the first stand-alone Mandarin Oriental Residences, an elegant waterfront retreat, developed with Great Gulf and marking the firm’s first project in Florida.

Renderings courtesy of Great Gulf by JORG.