People curious about what the center of the roundabout will look like don’t have to wonder any more.
A landscape crew on Friday morning planted ornamental pear trees and shrubs on an island in the middle of what will soon be a roundabout at the five-way intersection at Bank Square.
The shrubs are a mixture of sparkling [...]
A North Austin library branch is getting a new home and an eco-friendly building.
Construction on the $3.5 million building for the North Village Branch Library will be complete by October 2008, moving the library from its current location in the North Village Shopping Center to a custom building designed to green building standards.
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In his design for a 52-story tower across the Hudson River from Manhattan, internationally acclaimed architect Rem Koolhaas wants to inspire social interaction, life and energy.
The building’s design — three rectangular slabs stacked perpendicular to each other — allows for a mix of uses: condominiums, a hotel, artist lofts and studios, gallery and retail space.
“I [...]
You may not know Shawn Walker but you’ve probably walked through his work.
The Ironton native is an architect and worked on projects that include the Briggs Lawrence County Public Library, local hospitals and churches.
While he didn’t necessarily want to grow up to be an architect, he knew that he wanted to do something that combined [...]
From the mountains and snow of Bozeman, Montana, twelve architecture students from Montana State University were welcomed to San Pedro by Ambergris Caye’s sand and palms. The students are here as part of a foreign studies trip in which they are learning more about the community and people of San Pedro while designing solutions to [...]
Cabela’s may have placed Lehi on the map for outdoor enthusiasts, but a project designed by America’s architect du jour Frank Gehry could place the city on the world stage.
To be announced Friday, the mixed-use project — which includes high-end shopping and restaurants, a wakeboard lake, a five-star hotel and convention center, and a residential [...]
The designs of architect Golden Joseph Zenon Jr. included the Swanson Branch of the Omaha Public Library, the performing arts building at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the College of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
His work earned him local and national recognition, and in 1986 he was named a member [...]
The Akron Art Museum will not re-open until July of next year, but the futuristic expansion of the 84-year-old structure is already taking shape on East Market Street. The internationally-renowned architect, Wolf Prix, has flown in from Vienna, Austria to talk about his design tonight at a public forum at the Akron-Summit County Public [...]
An internationally known architect’s firm is signed on to design Yuma’s new main library.
The firm, started by its namesake Moshe Safdie — who has designed scores of impressive buildings in Israel, Canada and the United States — has joined with VCBO Architecture of Salt Lake City as the team that will design the [...]
Three hours before Crandall Public Library trustees sat down Wednesday to hear residents’ suggestions on how the new library addition’s facade should look, they chose one of two options released to the public weeks ago.
The chosen option is $250,000 cheaper than the one they passed on.
“Certainly the facade … can be adjusted or modified,” said [...]
An architect has been hired for the design of downtown’s $70 million district and probate court.
Leers Weinzapfel Associates of Boston will be presenting some design concepts and different project options to city officials and the courthouse task force on Friday, said Kevin Flanigan, a spokesman for the Division of Capital Asset Management.
“The architect is an [...]