Controversial Revitalization of Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden Approved

But some critics remain displeased with the outcome. Charles A. Birnbaum, president and chief executive of the nonprofit Cultural Landscape Foundation, said in a statement, “The outcome today concerning the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden redesign demonstrates that nationally significant works of landscape architecture, especially important Modernist designs in the nation’s capital, continue to be held to a different standard than building architecture by their stewards and regulatory agencies.”