LDA analyzed a number of sites over a 4 year period for the Pittsburgh Transportation Museum group to find a home for their splendid collection of early 20th century automobiles. The studies concluded with their joining with the well known Frick Art and Historical Center where we designed  a major addition to the carriage house which housed the Frick collection of cars and Carriages.

The site for the new building is a lawn area between Clayton, the Frick house of 1892 and the Frick Art  Museum of 1968. While the campus contains examples of Architecture in both the Romantic and Classical styles, the Romantic style was chosen as being appropriate to both the main house and the early 20th century era when carriage house and garages took on their style cues from the architecture of the main house.  

The building incorporates roof dormers to provide natural light and open steel trusses to provide an uninterrupted display area. It has been designed for future expansion of the display area into the lower level. 

Client:  The  Frick Art and Historical Center

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