Hermosa Beach · 2005.1011
R.D. Olson Construction, a leading builder of hotels, spas and restaurants, has begun construction on the Glen Ivy Day Spa in Hermosa Beach, California. The 14,000-square-foot (1300-square-meter) facility is located within the Hermosa Pavilion at 1601 Pacific Coast Highway. The spa will be a part of the Hermosa Pavilion's extensive renovation and expansion. Paula Walters Productions, the Palm Springs, California-based firm credited with the spa's design, has specified a pallet of natural wood, stone, and tile finishes to replicate features of the original Corona-based Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa.
Baltimore · 2005.1010
Ayers Saint Gross (ASG), a Baltimore, Maryland-based international architectural and planning firm, has announced the appointment of a new president and staff changes including changes in its partnership structure that will broaden ownership interests from three to more than ten principals. James Wheeler has been named president. Richard Ayers, who previously held that title, has become chairman. Edward Kohls, who previously headed the higher education practice of Baltimore-based Design Collective, Inc., has joined Ayers Saint Gross as principal.
Elmhurst · 2005.1006
Graf & Lewent Architects (GLA) recently completed a design concept master plan for Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, located in East Elmhurst (Queens) in New York City. GLA's project entailed a comprehensive architectural programming and planning review with preliminary design for the renovation and construction of campus facilities, including conceptual planning for a new 200-student residence hall. The core of GLA's master plan effort was design concepts for the college's proposed major additions: a new library/ community resource center, conference center, and student center, located at the heart of the main building. GLA capitalized on this new campus focal point and designed a sky lit "quad" space at the junction of the major new facilities, and the crossroads of the circulation in the college building.
Livonia · 2005.1005
Tiseo Architects, Inc., a Livonia, Michigan-based architectural firm, has designed the new Veteran's Memorial Plaza in Livonia. The design will feature a 40-foot- (12-meter-) diameter plaza with two main elements: a Memorial Wall that recognizes Livonia's veterans who were killed in action, wounded in action, missing in action or a prisoner of war, and a 14-foot- (4-meter-) high three-legged black granite Veteran's Monument with a 40-foot- (12-meter-) high flagpole at its center. The plaza is estimated to cost $250,000 and will be funded completely by donations. The Veteran's Memorial Plaza is scheduled for completion by spring 2006, with the dedication scheduled on Memorial Day, May 29, 2006.
New York · 2005.1003
The Board of Trustees of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York has announced that it will host a groundbreaking ceremony on the morning of October 11, 2005, to launch construction of its new building on the Bowery. Designed by Tokyo-based firm of Sejima and Nishizawa/SANAA, the new 60,000-square-foot (5600-square-meter), seven-story New Museum will be the first art museum building constructed in downtown Manhattan in over a century. The new New Museum will rise on the site of what is currently a parking lot at 235 Bowery. A dramatic stack of rectangular boxes shifted off axis in different directions, dressed in silvery metal cladding, and punctuated by skylights and windows offering vistas and vignettes of the city, the building will feature expansive flexible, column-free exhibition spaces, a 188-seat theater, a lobby bookstore, expanded classrooms, library and study center, cafe, and rooftop terraces facing south and east over the cityscape. The new New Museum of Contemporary Art is scheduled to open to the public on the Bowery in late 2007, in conjunction with the institution’s 30th anniversary.
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