North Carolina Museum of Art : By Thomas Phifer and Partners

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States 
Thomas Phifer and Partners
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Photo © Courtesy of Scott Frances--The sculptures in the Rodin Garden are set among gravel, water, and bamboo plants. The garden extends the western end of the building spine, which features smaller works by the artist, into the landscape.

Shedding Light: Thomas Phifer and Partners turns a simple structure into a stunning expansion of the North Carolina Museum of Art. 
Tom Phifer said that he wants his new building for the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), in Raleigh, to disappear into the landscape. By saying so, he is daring you to take a closer look, knowing full well that his first museum, like the art that hangs on its walls, will stand up to the scrutiny. 

Upstate New York House : By Thomas Phifer and Partners

Upstate New York 
Thomas Phifer and Partners 
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Thomas Phifer and Partners keeps in step with nature by orchestrating a skillful series of moves atop a scenic ridge for its Upstate New York House.

Photo © Scott Frances 
As you approach Thomas Phifer and Partners’ house in upstate New York, the long, steep climb up a winding country road ends not with a dramatic structure, nor a sweeping panorama; its denouement is merely a prelude to the multifaceted spatial sequence to come. Everything about this rural retreat—whose design and construction has spanned a decade—is deliberate and unhurried, a jarring contrast to the frenzied lifestyle of the Manhattan-based family that escapes here on weekends.

Salt Point House : By Thomas Phifer and Partners

Salt Point, New York, United States
Thomas Phifer and Partners

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Thomas Phifer’s ethereal Salt Point House makes its presence known on the landscape while fading into it.

Photo © Beth Broome

Salt Point House as viewed from the driveway.

For five years, Manhattan residents Cristina Grajales and Isabelle Kirshner rented a rustic former hunting cabin in Dutchess County, New York, for weekend getaways. The couple fell in love with the place and hoped someday to buy it. When they learned that the owners were not interested in selling, they were crestfallen. But their spirits soon lifted when they found an idyllic 9-acre parcel of land on a small, stream-fed pond a few miles away in the hamlet of Salt Point. Now all they needed was an architect.