Los Angeles · 2006.0613
Developers have unveiled plans for a 54-story hotel tower for the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles, California. The $750 million project will be part of the L.A. Live sports and entertainment complex. San Francisco-based Gensler is designing the two million-square-foot (190,000-square-meter) building, which will include a five-star, 124-room Ritz-Carlton and a four-star, 876-room Marriot Marquis, as well as 216 luxury condominiums. City subsidies and loans will finance almost half the cost of the project.
Lexington · 2006.0612
Ground has been broken for the the new $450 million Albert B. Chandler Hospital at the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington. The 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000-square-meter) hospital will be built in two phases, with final completion expected by 2014. UK has also revealed a plans for construction of a $2.5 billion academic medical campus over 20 years. Construction of a $120 million pharmacy building is scheduled to begin in 2007. The medical campus will also include buildings for the colleges of medicine, dentistry, nursing, health sciences, and public health, as well as a shared Health Sciences Learning Center and additional research buildings.
Manchester · 2006.0609
Construction nears completion on what is thought to be the tallest residential tower in the United Kingdom. The 48-story Beetham Tower in Manchester will rise to a height of 512 feet (156 meters). The tower includes 219 residential apartments, 70,000 square feet (6,500 square meters) of office space, and a five-star Hilton hotel, with hotel public areas in the lower, podium portion of the building. The Manchester office of Ian Simpson Architects designed a blade-shaped extension of the south facade's glazed skin beyond the roof line to blur the boundary between building and sky. Completion is scheduled for August 2006.
Eugene · 2006.0608
The University of Oregon has broken ground for Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories, an underground nanotechnology research building in Eugene, Oregon, that will be part of the statewide Oregon Nanoscience Microtechnologies Institute. To minimize vibrations, the 30,000-square-foot (2,800-square-meter) structure will be anchored to bedrock beneath "Science Green" on campus. The facility will include space for nanofabrication, semiconductor, photolithography, and bio-optics labs, and will house the Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon (CAMCOR). The Portland office of SRG Partnership, Inc., the project architect, has also designed a building-top courtyard, which will feature skylights and preserve existing open space. Completion is expected by late 2007.
Cleveland · 2006.0607
Commercial design and architecture firm Vocon, Inc. of
Cleveland, Ohio, has hired five employees in new positions. Studio director Robert J. Porter IV, RA, has over 20 years of experience in project management, design, construction documentation, code review, and project coordination. Project manager Megan R. Swansinger has experience in healthcare design and joins Vocon from Milan Bender and Associates, Architects. Project manager Colleen M. Kmetz returns to Vocon after stints working for the Atlanta, Georgia, office of Gensler and the Orlando, Florida, office of HKS Architects, Inc.. Project Designer Sarah L. Maritz specializes in environmental design and restoration. Project Coordinator Kathleen B. Ketterick will assist the design and architecture team in coordination of all aspects of their projects.
Snowmass · 2006.0606
The nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in Snowmass, Colorado, has entered into a collaborative alliance with Rumsey Engineers, Inc. of Oakland, California. The relationship will include sharing of technical and market resources, joint development of methodologies, cross-training of staff, and strategic market development. As part of the alliance, RMI has named Peter Rumsey a Senior Fellow. Rumsey Engineers is a design engineering firm that specializes in innovative, energy-saving HVAC systems for green buildings, data centers, classrooms, laboratories, and other critical environments. RMI is a broad-based nonprofit organization, founded by Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, that promotes efficient and restorative use of resources.
Chicago · 2006.0531
Keith Campbell, AIA, vice president of RTKL Associates, Inc., and co-director of RTKL's Chicago, Illinois, office, has been elected to the firm's board of directors. Campbell joined RTKL in 1996 and helped start and grow the Chicago office. His 26 years of design experience include extensive work in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and awards from the AIA, Urban Land Institute, and International Council of Shopping Centers. Campbell's recent work includes The Roosevelt Collection, a mixed-use project in Chicago, and Bethworks, a master plan for the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Works in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Montreal · 2006.0530
McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has awarded an honorary doctor of science degree to architect, educator, and academic Balkrishna V. Doshi of Ahmedabad, India. Doshi worked with Le Corbusier in Paris for four years in the early 1950s. In 1978 he founded the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design in Ahmedabad, now internationally recognized as a pioneer of low-cost housing and sustainable community design. Doshi was the founding director or dean of several institutions and has held university appointments in India and abroad. He has won many awards, including Gold Medals from the Indian Institute of Architects and the Academy of Architecture, Paris, and the Aga Khan Award for Architects. Doshi is a fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects and an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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