The Architect Newswire is an aggregation of news from media outlets around the world, intended to keep you abreast of all of the industry’s important developments. The stories we feature are not reported, edited, or fact-checked by Architect’s staff.
THE TRIBECA TRIB (NEW YORK)
SHoP’s latest for NYC’s waterfront
New York City’s Community Board 1 was shown preliminary plans for a SHoP Architects-designed structure to replace Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport. Carl Glassman and Jessica Terrell report that the proposed 230,000-square-foot building will be clad in one of two glass facades still under consideration. The ground floor will be open and retail uses will be supplemented by open space that will act as a mini-park. “Everybody was very impressed with the design,” says Bruce Ehrmann, CB1 member and co-chair of the board’s Landmarks Committee. “The building is designed to have view corridors to the water instead of the big, bulky mall that’s there now.” Developers from Howard Hughes Corp. indicate that it hopes to open the facility in 2014.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
Stanford picks Ennead
Stanford University has chosen New York–based Ennead Architects to design a new $30.5 million museum to house the Anderson Collection, a trove of American art that includes work by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. Mike Boehm reports that designs will be ready for the university’s review by April. The structure is part of an arts building boom on the campus, which includes the $112 million Bing Concert Hall, also by Ennead, and the $85 million Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The new museum is expected to be completed by late 2015.
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AMARILLO GLOBE-NEWS (TEXAS)
Architect for new Amarillo College campus
Amarillo College has hired Amarillo, Texas–based Lavin Associates Architects to design the new $5 million Everett and Mabel McDougal Hinkson Memorial Campus of Amarillo College in Hereford, Texas. Jacob Meyer reports that the 30,000- to 36,000-square-foot building will replace facilities now located in the Old Shirley Elementary School. The 10-acre site was donated to the college by the Hereford Economic Development Corporation. “Hereford has been and continues to be very aggressive in their economic development activities ... so expanding the college with a new campus will contribute to that,” says Amarillo College board of regents president John Hicks.
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CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
Chicago vs. preservation (again)
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced that Sara Lee plans to move their headquarters into an architecturally distinguished former lithography building. Greg Hinz reports that the food company plans an extensive overhaul of the 1946 Newman-Rudolph building, which does not currently enjoy landmark protection. “The necessary changes might not meet historic guidelines,” says a Department of Housing and Economic Development staff report. “The project will adaptively reuse this vacant structure within the spirit of the original design intent while meeting today's energy and office requirements.” Preservation Chicago president Ward Miller certainly hopes so. “What we're really trying to do is encourage a preservation-sensitive development,” Miller says—noting that a landmarks designation push could be launched if the group’s input is ignored.
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Holl’s San Francisco roots
San Francisco Chronicle urban design critic John King reports that new AIA Gold Medal–winner Steven Holl has early roots in the City by the Bay. He worked in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Lawrence Halprin and himself before decamping to London to study at the Architectural Association. He shared an apartment with bookseller-publisher William Stout—and was also the first, part-time, employee at Stout’s redoubtable architectural bookshop. “He was doing private projects, trying to be an architect, looking for work,” Stout says.
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MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO
A vision for Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Downtown Council has unveiled its vision for the area in 2025. Sasha Aslanian reports that it foresees doubling the number of residents, providing more green space, increasing mass transit, and creating a sports district anchored by the existing Target Field and a proposed new Vikings Stadium. A key goal is to eliminate street homelessness. “This plan isn't about settling for just a little bit above average,” says Hennepin County Board chair Mike Opat. “This plan is not about good enough, it's about achieving greatness and when you achieve greatness you end homelessness.”
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THE NEWS & OBSERVER (RALEIGH, NC)
Freelon to Fine Arts Commission
Durham, N.C., architect Phil Freelon, FAIA, has been named to a four-year term on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama. Jim Wise reports that the Freelon Group led the planning for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The MIT professor of the practice in architectural design received the AIA’s 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award for “his record of architecturally distinguished public facilities,” according to Wise.
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THE FREE LANCE-STAR (FREDERICKSBURG, VA)
Downsized judicial center moving forward
The Westmoreland, Va., Supervisors approved a revised design for a new county judicial center. Jonas Beals reports that the new plan calls for a two-story, 40,000-square-feet structure instead of the originally proposed three-stories. The change results in a building of 4,000 fewer square feet and an estimated savings of between $600,000 and $1 million. Charlottesville, Va.–based dBF Associates Architects are the designers for the project, which is now expected to cost between $6.3 million and $10 million.
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WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL (DC)
Leo A. Daly hires Lewis J. Goetz
Lewis J. Goetz, FAIA, who closed his own firm in Georgetown firm in May, has joined Washington, D.C.’s Leo A. Daly as vice president and principal. Daniel J. Sernovitz reports that Goetz worked for the firm early in his career, leaving in 1978 to found what eventually became Group Goetz Architects. “Goetz’s strong reputation in the local marketplace, his impressive network of clients and key projects, and his years of service on architecture design boards and committees will be an asset to us as we enhance our practice in the commercial and interior design sector,” says Leo A. Daly managing principal Alan Feltoon.
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THE CHATTANOOGAN (TN)
Architect hired for green roof
The Chattanoogan reports that Franklin Associates Architects has been hired to design a green roof for Chattanooga, Tenn.’s City Council building. Office of Sustainability head David Crockett received requests from designers across the country, but decided to choose a local architect instead. The sedum roof will replace the current roof, which is leaking badly, according to Crockett. Councilman Jack Benson asked if the new roof would “need to be mowed,” but the report doesn’t include the answer.
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