 Sage and Coombe worked with the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens for more than a decade to redesign and modernize the historic museum in three phases, affording the Museum accessibility, allowing it to remain open year-round, and bringing it to the rigorous standards of contemporary Museums -- all while maintaining the unique character of the space. All areas underwent full demolition and reinvention, with construction on the final phase completed in Spring 2016. 

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

This podcast describes the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center's Noguchi Plaza. A sculpture, "To the Issei," was created by the esteemed Los Angeles-native Isamu Noguchi. The sculpture helps to define the space where it resides.

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 Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection on the sculptures Joie de Vivre and Red Cube, designed by Mark di Suvero and Isamu Noguchi respectively. They are combined because of their close proximity and color, causing an exciting relationship between the two. 

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 Barry Bergdoll, Phillip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA speaks on how the interaction between the Seagram Building, Lever House, and Tennis and Racquet Club activates the urban environment at 53rd Street and Park Avenue. 

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 Architectural historian Carol Krinsky speaks about the history of Lever House. 

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 Jennifer Sage discusses the design of the Noguchi Museum 

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