R & Company Opens a New Collectible Design Space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York gallery R & Company has opened Building 86, a 16,000 square foot space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that gives collectors and designers by appointment access to its extensive design archive.
New York gallery R & Company has opened a new public facing space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as first reported by Surface. Building 86, a 16,000 square foot warehouse that has served for decades as storage and workspace for the gallery and its founders' personal collections, began welcoming collectors, designers and curators by appointment from September 23.
Rather than staging fixed exhibitions, the space is organized around curated vignettes, allowing pieces from different eras, materials and makers to be grouped and regrouped over time. Visitors gain access to the gallery's extensive archives alongside dedicated viewing rooms, a photography studio and conservation space where research, documentation and stewardship work take place.
Co-founders Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman say the format continues to reveal new relationships between objects even after years of close familiarity with the collection, treating the warehouse as a living resource rather than a fixed display. The opening coincides with a consolidation of the gallery's public exhibition program at its Tribeca location, positioning Building 86 as a separate but connected extension of that work.
R & Company has built its reputation on bridging design and art, representing makers whose work spans furniture, ceramics and collectible objects across multiple eras. Building 86 gives that program a second home focused on access and discovery rather than presentation.
The move reflects a broader shift among design galleries toward opening up archives that were previously reserved for staff and researchers, treating collections as evolving resources rather than static inventory. More on the gallery is available through R & Company.
