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Design: David Jay Weiner, Architects. This building is a response to a client’s desire to build a new family weekend house on a densely wooded sloping site with stunning views overlooking a beautiful pond and the Berkshire Hills beyond.
Design: richärd+bauer – this building houses optical research labs, faculty offices, auditoria, conferencing and interaction spaces. It is the first of a series of clusters that will replace the existing buildings over time
Design: Snøhetta: The James B. Hunt Jr. Library at North Carolina State University, designed by Snøhetta in collaboration with local architect Clark Nexsen (formerly PBC+L), received the Library Building Award from the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association in recognition of design excellence.
Expansion of the Kimbell Art Museum, Texas, USA
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) and Kendall/Heaton Associates
Surrounded by elms and red oaks, Renzo Piano’s 101,130-square-foot colonnaded pavilion stands as an expression of simplicity and lightness—glass, concrete and wood—some 65 yards to the west of Louis I. Kahn’s signature cycloid-vaulted museum of 1972.
Design: hMa – hanrahanMeyers architects, LLP. The design for Holley House was initiated in response to existing stone walls on the site, a twenty-five acre parcel near Garrison, New York. The architects designed the house by first building two parallel stone walls from stone quarried on the site.
The Dalí Museum design by HOK, Architects on a scenic waterfront site in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The 68,000-sqft building doubles the size of the original 1982 Dalí Museum, a one-story warehouse. Exhibits include oils, watercolors, sketches, sculptures and other works from a 2,140-piece permanent collection. The $30m building stands more than 75 feet tall and is adorned by 1,062 unique, triangular glass panels.
Design: Paul Rudolph ; redevelopment by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA) – completely renovated and expanded Paul Rudolph Hall at Yale University, has a LEED Gold certification. The 114,000 sqft building, constructed of cast-in-place concrete in the Brutalist style, was formerly known as the Art and Architecture Building.
Design by: Diamond Schmitt Architects – this 12-storey, mixed-use building in downtown Buffalo, New York is a $80-m complex with more than 200,000-sqft of Class A office space, a 120-room hotel, hospitality and retail services. The innovative building will anchor a prime intersection bordering the Historic West Village District.
Fairmount Avenue Townhomes is an 18 unit, LEED Platinum certified, affordable townhouse development, design by Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects. The buildings are designed for the Chattanooga Housing Authority and provide low income housing in the desirable North Chattanooga Neighborhood.
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Set on a prominent, two-block site overlooking Oakland’s Lake Merritt, the 1350-seat cathedral building is the centerpiece of a 226,000-sqft complex that includes a mausoleum, conference center, administrative offices, bishop’s and clergy residences, bookstore, café, and community-serving ministries.
Within the cathedral, the experience of light and space, rather than traditional iconography, instills a deep sense of sacredness.
Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects received an AIA award of excellence for the design of an art studio and apartment in a redeveloping downtown neighborhood of Chattanooga called the Southside District
Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects designed a cabin on the Tellico River for a doctor and his wife. He has been fishing the Tellico since childhood and the site holds an important sentimental value to him. The banks of the river and the Tellico Valley is where the Cherokee nation gathered for important councils so the site has important historical value as well. It’s a magical place.
Design: Olson Kundig Architects – Heritage University has broken ground on three new buildings on its main campus in rural Toppenish, Washington. Designed by Tom Kundig and Kirsten Murray of award-winning Olson Kundig Architects, the expansion will include cutting edge educational facilities for a student population that is as unique as are the buildings themselves.
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
LEED GOLD FOR NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY
The Student Union Building at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico has achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in joint venture with Studio Southwest Architects, this highly efficient and sustainable facility is responsive to the American Southwest climate.
Design: ROGERS PARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers. East Baltimore’s Henderson-Hopkins School, operated by Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education, and the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Early Childhood Center in East Baltimore, are now open
Design: Shigeru Ban Architects
The Aspen Art Museum opened In 1979 at the renovated Holy Cross Power Plant on the banks of the Roaring Fork River. For 33 years that facility has served the mission of the organization well, fostering a program of art, dialogue, and creativity that has grown into a major cultural institution. The new building by this celebrated Japanese architect is now structurally complete.
Location: Nashville, Tennessee – this project comprises the renewal of the university’s original student center, a 1925 Tudor Revival building designed by Henry C. Hibbs as a World War I memorial that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bruner/Cott’s initial study developed a reuse program to take advantage of the central location of this small building while respecting its historical significance, details, and finishes.