The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, who designed the original renovation of the building, also designed the first expansion.

In 1997 the board selected Yoshio Taniguchi, an architect based in Tokyo, to design the expansion.

Shreve, Lamb & Harmon designed the 1947 expansion to 44th Street that was not included in the landmark designation.

The California architect Frank Gehry has been chosen to design the expansion of the gallery's 1911 building, to be completed in 2007.

Last year, for instance, he was eliminated from the competition to design the expansion for the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

ZGF was also involved in designing the expansion.

The architect George Fletcher Bennet of Dover designed the expansion.

He also designed the expansion of the east wing of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

The Museum of Modern Art has selected the three architectural firms that will compete to design the expansion of its midtown complex.

Both firms competed unsuccessfully in 1997 to design the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art.