PHOTOS: Harlem's Studio Museum Unveils Renderings Of New Building

HARLEM, NY — Harlem cultural institution The Studio Museum will break ground on its new 82,ooo-square-foot home in late fall 2018 and recently released renderings depicting what the museum will look like.

The David Adjaye-designed building will one day rise on West 125th Street between Lenox and Seventh avenues, replacing the museum's current home, museum officials announced Tuesday in a press release. The Studio Museum announced plans to build a new home in 2015 after outgrowing its current space — a century-old commercial building adapted for museum use in the 80s — museum officials said.

"We are thrilled to announce that during our 50th anniversary year, we will begin construction on the single biggest initiative the Studio Museum has ever undertaken, making David Adjaye’s brilliant design a reality," museum director Thelma Golden said in a statement. "We look back with pride on our legacy, so much of which has been built within the space that Max Bond renovated for us. We look forward to constructing a building that provides unprecedented resources for our work and creates a superb new cultural landmark for Harlem and the entire City of New York."

Adjaye is an internationally-renowned British architect known for designs such as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Moscow School of Management.

The Studio Museum also announced Tuesday the beginning of a $175 million capital plan to raise money for construction costs. Museum officials said that 70 percent of the $175 million goal has already been met, due in large part to a $53.8 million gift from the city of New York.

"We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support we have received to date from the City, our private donors, and the Trustees," Raymond J. McGuire, chair of the museum's board of trustees, said in a statement. "In their generosity, they reflect and honor the feelings of artists and arts professionals, the Harlem community, and a public from around the world who are committed to the Studio Museum."

Check out more renderings of the new museum below:

Photos courtesy Adjaye Associates