One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Donald Judd challenged boundaries and definitions in the worlds of art, architecture, and design. His work as a critic, sculptor, and curator was often provocative and always impactful. In 1968 he purchased a five-story, cast-iron building at 101 Spring Street in a part of town that had lost most of its industrial base and almost all its vitality.

Along with fellow artists like Gordon Matta-Clark, Eva Hesse, and Yayoi Kusama, Judd turned the blighted area into a magnet for artists and galleries. Today it is called SoHo. Judd used 101 Spring as a laboratory for his ideas on the permanent installation of artwork, both his own and that of his friends such as Dan Flavin, John Chamberlain, and Claes Oldenburg.

Restored in 2013 with Architecture Research Office (ARO), 101 Spring Street tells the story of Judd’s ideas and presents his work as he dictated it should be when he lived and worked there. Adam Yarinsky, a founding principal at ARO, will lead the tour along with a guide from the Judd Foundation.