A huge research facility that towers over the Interstate near Fairmont, a private home on an organic farm in the Eastern Panhandle, and a corporate headquarters that will never be built. As wildly divergent as these building projects might seem, they share this: They captured the top honors Saturday at the annual design awards banquet of the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Designs for an African-American museum that's been more than 20 years in the making have put the work of one Seattle architectural firm into an exhibit that celebrates black architects' impact on the built environment. The work of DKA's Donald I. King, firm president and CEO and the project's principal-in-charge, and Rico Quirindongo, project manager and designer, on the Urban League Village at Colman School was among 18 professional projects selected by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago for its Architecture: Pyramids to Skyscrapers, the 2006 Black Creativity exhibit.
Bread of Life Ministries' downtown soup kitchen has a new art gallery and a fresh paint job. And its shelter on Hospital Street has two fresh architectural designs for a planned expansion.
An old warehouse transformed into an "urban beacon," a modernist train station and an elegant sushi restaurant in Madison were among the architectural projects recognized Wednesday for their excellence by AIA Wisconsin, the state society of the American Institute of Architects. Practicing Wisconsin architects received awards for seven projects at the 55th annual awards ceremony at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison.
New Stanton council chose an architectural firm to begin designs for the remodeling of the future borough building. At Thursday night's meeting, Design 3 Architecture was aproved to prepare designs for the 6,672-square-foot building along Paintersville Road.
quick facts about Friedensreich Hundertwasser - Born Dec. 15, 1928, as Friedrich Stowasser. - Changed his name to Friedensreich Hundertwasser, which means peace-kingdom hundred-water. - Most widely known for his architectural designs, such as the Hundertwasser-Krawinahaus apartment block in Vienna, Austria. - Died Feb. 19, 2000, aboard a cruise ship off of New Zealand. A colorful village stood silent on a sheet of ice as giants skated nearby.
Barber Ave., Livingston, Wis. I have followed the review and approval of the development proposed for the top of Dubuque's majestic river bluffs and have wondered why other architectural concepts have not been considered.
The New Orleans City Council approved the developer Praveen Kailas' appeal of a ruling by the Central Business District Historic District Landmarks Commission, which allows his $70 million project to continue to move forward. The HDLC twice failed to approve architectural designs for Kailas' development at 1031 Canal St., site of the former Woolworth's building. Instead of appearing before the commission a third time, he appealed to the city council.
Legal struggles between Blackhawk Inc. and Macerich started in 2003 when construction of 12th Planet was halted after Macerich and Dillard's department store filed a suit alleging that the architectural designs were incompatible with the mall and thus a breach of contract.
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