Dahuk · 2006.0530
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing work on Phase II of the Dahuk Rehabilitation Center, a correctional facility in the governorate of Dahuk in northern Iraq. The funding of the project is being shared by the U.S. and Dahuk governments. The U.S. portion of Phase II includes completion of design and construction of the main structure and construction of mechanical and electrical systems for a power plant. During Saddam Hussein's presidency, site preparation was completed and construction begun, after which the structure sat unfinished for almost five years. The two-story, 409,000-square-foot (38,000-square-meter) facility will accommodate 750-1000 inmates, including juveniles and adult men and women. Construction is expected to be completed in October 2006.
Salisbury · 2006.0529
The Salisbury, Maryland, office of Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc. has promoted Christopher L. Cullen to associate. Cullen joined the firm's architectural group in 2003, bringing 20 years of experience. At Davis, Bowen & Friedel, he has been involved with the following projects as a design architect: Ardens Run Apartments, Avalon Plaza Shopping Center, and Marley Manor II in Salisbury; Wallops Flight Facility Engineering Building in Wallops Island; and Riverplace Condominiums in Seaford.
Kaua'i · 2006.0528
Kaua'i, Hawaii-based Agor Design Group (ADG) has announced three new partners: Caven K. Raco, president; Chad Schlauch, vice president; and Jon Lucas, vice president. The firm recently changed its name from Agor Architecture.
Berlin · 2006.0526
After ten years of construction, the new central rail station in Berlin, Germany, opened on May 26, 2006. Lehrter Bahnhof functionally replaces Bahnhof Zoo (Zoologischer Garten), which had served as the central rail station for reunified Berlin since 1990. Meinhard von Gerkan and Jürgen Hillmer of the Hamburg-based firm gmp designed the new glass-and-steel Lehrter Bahnhof to ensure permeation of daylight to all five stories. Located where the Berlin Wall once stood, near the Reichstag, the €700 million facility is expected to serve approximately 30,000 passengers a day. The 1.88 million-square-foot (175,000-square-meter) structure includes six aboveground east-west tracks and eight underground north-south tracks that travel through a new 2.2-mile (3.6-kilometer) tunnel under downtown Berlin. The glass roof differs from von Gerkan's original plan, a change the architect says was made without his permission and for which he is taking Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) to court.
Delaware Water Gap · 2006.0526
A new $9.9 million welcome center has opened in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, where Interstate 80 enters from New Jersey. Maria C. Romanach Architects of Philadelphia included rooftop gardens and several energy-saving features, such as geothermal heating and cooling, in the design of the 12,700-square-foot (1,200-square-meter) facility.
Latrobe · 2006.0523
Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has broken ground for a new $12 million building to house the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media and the Saint Vincent College Conference Center. Davis Gardner Gannon Pope Architecture of Pittsburgh designed the 36,000-square-foot (3,300-square-meter) facility with the goal of attaining a LEED silver rating, with features such as geothermal wells, insulated concrete forms, and daylighting.
Lancaster · 2006.0518
The Pennsylvania Academy of Music has broken ground for a new $21 million facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The building was designed by Alan Ritchie and the late Philip Johnson of New York-based Philip Johnson / Alan Ritchie Architects; it is the last music venue Johnson designed. The four-story, 63,000-square-foot (5,900-square-meter) building will feature classrooms, private studios, state-of-the-art recording facilities, a 367-seat recital hall, and a rooftop terrace for outdoor performances. The new building will envelop the original, historic building, which will stand at the core of the new structure. Construction is expected to take approximately two years.
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