With its all-glass exterior and the gigantic Hayden Planetarium sphere that's often awash in glowing lights, the American Museum of Natural History's Rose Center for Earth and Space has given the old-school museum a more glam, modern image since it opened in February 2000. The museum has been the site of several high-profile events lately, including HBO's Sex and the City season premiere and Bruce Springsteen's performance for the MTV Video Music Awards.
The Municipal Art Society (MAS) celebrated the building itself at its annual benefit by honoring the Rose Center's architect, James Stewart Polshek of Polshek Partners Architects, with the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis medal, the society's highest honor presented annually to a person whose works has positively affected the landscape of New York City.
The benefit was coordinated by Jean Tatge, vice president of development for MAS, and George Trescher Associates. Cocktails were held in the Rose Center, and a presentation about the society's latest projects was shown in the Cullman Hall of the Universe. The Powerhouse event space served as the dining room, where Robert Isabell's enchanting decor included tables covered with royal blue shantung silk tablecloths and centerpieces of ivory pillar candles in hurricane vases and eight white single-stem flowers inside tall, slender bud vases.
—Suzanne Ito
Read about last year's MAS benefit...
The Municipal Art Society (MAS) celebrated the building itself at its annual benefit by honoring the Rose Center's architect, James Stewart Polshek of Polshek Partners Architects, with the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis medal, the society's highest honor presented annually to a person whose works has positively affected the landscape of New York City.
The benefit was coordinated by Jean Tatge, vice president of development for MAS, and George Trescher Associates. Cocktails were held in the Rose Center, and a presentation about the society's latest projects was shown in the Cullman Hall of the Universe. The Powerhouse event space served as the dining room, where Robert Isabell's enchanting decor included tables covered with royal blue shantung silk tablecloths and centerpieces of ivory pillar candles in hurricane vases and eight white single-stem flowers inside tall, slender bud vases.
—Suzanne Ito
Read about last year's MAS benefit...
At the Municipal Art Society's annual benefit at the American Museum of Natural History, Robert Isabell's table decor included ivory pillar candles in hurricane vases and eight white single-stem flowers inside tall, slender bud vases atop royal blue shantung silk tablecloths.
Dinner was held inside the museum's Powerhouse event space.
A multimedia presentation was screened in the Cullman Hall of the Universe.
