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Philip C. Steiner

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Principal and Managing Director
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Philip Steiner is an industry leader in the design of special systems serving highly controlled, architecturally challenging conservation environments.

Philip Steiner, a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been in practice for almost 45 years and with Altieri since 1989. Phil has led many of Altieri’s signature projects including the Gehry-designed Philadelphia Museum of Art Core Project, The Getty Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

For many years, Phil lectured on systems integration at Yale University’s Graduate School of Architecture and on building systems as part of the AIA Connecticut Architect Registration Examination (ARE) review. He has taught Environmental
Design at Yale, served as a panelist on the New York State Council of the Arts grant committee, and was a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) Strategic Advisory Council. Phil belongs to ASHRAE’s Life Members Club. He is also a member of ASPE, the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM), and the International Association of Museum Facility Administrators (IAMFA).

Education

Pace University, Lubin School of Business, 1990
Master of Business Administration

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1980
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering

Registrations & Certifications

Professional Engineer-Mechanical
AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, LA, MI, NY, PA, VA, WI

Select Project Experience

Bard College Performing Arts Lab, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY

Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT

Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo, NY

Ca’ d’Zan, The Ringling, Sarasota, FL

Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

Columbia University Libraries Special Collections, New York, NY

Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, New Haven, CT

Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, CT

David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center, Tarrytown, NY

FDR Presidential Library & Museum, Visitor & Educational Center, Hyde Park, NY

Fort Ticonderoga, Mars Education Center, Ticonderoga, NY

The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA

Harvard Law School Library, Langdell Hall, Rare Book Collection, Cambridge, MA

Hudson River Park Estuarium Aquaria Exhibit Design, New York, NY

John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag Harbor, NY

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT

Orville H. Platt High School, Meriden, CT

New Jersey Statehouse, Trenton, NJ

Palace Theater, New York, NY

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, PA

People’s Theatre Project, New York, NY

Philadelphia Museum of Art Core Project, Philadelphia, PA

Philip Johnson Brick House, New Canaan, CT

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY

Tulane University, Richardson Memorial Hall, New Orleans, LA

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Yale University, Fluids Storage and Laboratory, New Haven, CT

Yale University, Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT

Awards

Platinum, 2021 Reconstruction Awards
Building Design + Construction Philadelphia Museum of Art Core Project

Presentations

Staying Open: The Logistics, Planning and Costs Needed to Keep Your Doors Open, Building Museums Symposium (MAAM), 2024, Plenary with PMA, Gehry Partners, AEGIS, and LF Driscoll

Aquarium and Zoo Energy and Water Conservation Practices in Life Support Systems, Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) Annual Conference 2020, with CambridgeSeven

Creativity & Collaboration: Transforming the Historic Penn Museum, Building Museums Symposium (MAAM), 2020, with Gluckman Tang Architects and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

The Interdependence Between Building Systems and Architectural Design, American Institute of Architects (AIA) CT Conference, 2019

Professional Affiliations

ASHRAE

ASPE

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) Strategic Advisory Council