04/10/2026
On Wednesday, April 15, Thomas Phifer from Thomas Phifer and Partners will be closing our 2026 Spring Lecture Series: Materials & Methods with his lecture, ‘The Glenstone and the Museum of Modern at the historic Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church! Join us as we explore The Glenstone and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw!
About The Lecture
Architect Thomas Phifer will present the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, and the Wagner Park Pavilion, a key component of the South Battery Park Resiliency Project in Lower Manhattan. Located on nearly 300 acres of rolling grassland and woodlands just outside Washington, DC, Glenstone offers a serene, contemplative environment for visitors to experience contemporary art. Glenstone presents post-World War II artworks in a series of indoor and outdoor rooms designed to foster meaningful encounters. The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland (MSN Warsaw) is the Museum’s first permanent home since its founding in 2005, when it was established as a collecting institution focused on art created since 1989. Defined by a luminous white concrete form and open civic ground floor, the museum brings art, public life, and history into calm, enduring dialogue. Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park and Pavilion reimagine Battery Park City’s waterfront as a resilient civic landscape. An elevated park conceals flood infrastructure while preserving views, access, and ecology. The Pavilion, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, frames harbor vistas and delivers climate-adapted, zero-carbon–targeted performance for year-round dining and community programming.
