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Plans for the Portland Art Museum‘s Rothko Pavilion project will return before the Historic Landmarks Commission on Aug. 27 for design advice.

Hennebery Eddy Architects was retained in January to collaborate with Chicago firm Vinci Hamp Architects on an updated design for the $50 million Rothko Pavilion. The project was first announced more than two years ago.

As proposed, the new three-story building would connect the museum’s existing Main and Mark buildings and add 30,000 square feet of communal and exhibition space. The design would bring the existing Madison Street passageway between Southwest 10th and Park avenues into a sheltered, public passageway. Also, a community commons would be combined with a new main entrance.

Meanwhile, a roof terrace, a sculpture garden, the Crumpacker Center for New Art and a design lab would also feature prominently in the new space.

Hennebery Eddy Architects says it expects to submit a formal application packet to the commission later this year or in early 2019. If there were no further delays, construction would be expected to start by mid-2020.

Earlier versions of the plan drew opposition from stakeholders who fear that enclosing the walkway between museum buildings will restrict access by pedestrians and bicyclists.

An April 23, 2018, memo from the city’s Bureau of Development Services‘ land use department to applicant Tim Eddy, Hennebery Eddy Architects’ president, states that commissioners 鈥済enerally stated that there needs to be a linear open-air connection through the pavilion, connecting (Southwest Park and 10th avenues) at the ground level.鈥� All commissioners have gone on the record stating preference that the walkway remain publicly accessible.

Both museum buildings are city landmarks, and the south wing is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the commission’s Aug. 27 agenda, no modifications or adjustments have yet been identified.

Architect Pietro Belluschi designed the Portland Art Museum’s original buildings in 1932, 1939 and 1970.

The project team assembled so far includes general contractor Mortenson Construction, engineering firm Urban Resources Inc., KPFF Consulting Engineers, Walker | Macy Landscape Architecture and Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture.